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Dominate : (verb)
1: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;
"Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in
this neighborhood" [syn: predominate, rule, reign,
prevail]
2: be in control; rule the roost; "Her husband completely
dominates her"
3: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain
completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the
problems" [syn: master]
4: look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: command,
overlook, overtop]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dominate : \Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dominating.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to
dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf.
Domineer.]
To predominate over; to rule; to govern. ``A city dominated
by the ax.'' --Dickens.
We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either
dominant or dominated. --W. Tooke.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dominate : \Dom"i*nate\, v. i.
To be dominant. --Hallam.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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