domptv.
rare.
transitive. To tame, subdue, reduce to subjection; = daunt v.; also intransitive (for reflexive).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)]
wieldOE
i-weldeOE
onwaldOE
overwieldlOE
amaistera1250
underlaya1300
daunt1303
underbringc1320
yoke?c1335
undercasta1340
afaitec1350
faite1362
subjecta1382
to make subjectc1384
distraina1400
underlouta1400
underthewa1400
underset1422
subjectc1460
subjuge?1473
submise?1473
dompt1480
suppedit?1483
to keep under1486
abandon1487
bandon?a1500
suppeditatec1545
to bring under1563
reduce1569
assubject1579
overpower1597
envassal1606
assubjugate1609
vassal1612
subact1619
vassalize1647
vassalate1659
to school down1818
to ride herd on (also over)1895
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. iii His evyll herte myght not dompte ne make hym leve hys folye.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) li. 196 He dompted and subdewed them.
1928 V. G. Childe Most Anc. East v. 115 We see a group representing a hero dompting two lions.
Derivatives
ˈdompter n. subduer, tamer.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > one who
masterc1230
overcomerc1350
conquerorc1374
victora1400
overbearera1425
overgangerc1440
vanquisher1474
usurper1509
subduer1516
overthrower1548
defeater1582
prevailer1596
masterer1600
queller1613
conquerant1655
dompter1672
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. ii. ii. 236 Old age.., that great dompter and mortifier of our..passions.
ˈdompting adj.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adjective]
dauntinga1400
dismayfulc1595
huffing1602
dismaying1653
disheartening1654
disanimating1659
hectoring1664
bullying1681
bullocking1715
intimidatinga1812
browbeating1816
appalling1817
cowing1843
intimidatorya1846
dompting1912
fuck-off1962
1912 J. Galsworthy Inn of Tranquility 258 What is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves.
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