Dictionary entry

Domineer

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dom′i‐neer″ (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.Domineered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; — often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.

Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak.

His wishes tend abroad to roam,

And hers to domineer at home. Prior.