Dictionary entry

Dominate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.