DOMESTICATE
DOMESTICATE, verb transitive1. To make domestic; to retire from the public; to accustom to remain much at home; as, to domesticate ones self.2. To make familiar, as if at home.3...
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DOMESTICATION
DOMESTICATION, noun1. The act of withdrawing from the public notice and living much at home.2. The act of taming or reclaiming wild animals.
DOMICIL
DOMICIL, noun [Latin, a mansion.] An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or family; a residence, animo manendi.
DOMICILED
DOMICILED, DOMICILIATED, participle passive Having gained a permanent residence or inhabitancy.
DOMICILIATE
DOMICIL, DOMICILIATE verb transitive To establish a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy.
DOMICILIATED
DOMICILED, DOMICILIATED participle passive Having gained a permanent residence or inhabitancy.
DOMICILIATING
DOMICILING, DOMICILIATING participle present tense Gaining or taking a permanent residence.
DOMICILIATION
DOMICILIATION, noun Permanent residence; inhabitancy.
DOMICILING
DOMICILING, DOMICILIATING, participle present tense Gaining or taking a permanent residence.
DOMIFY
DOMIFY, verb transitive [Latin, a house; to make.]1. In astrology, to divide the heavens into twelve houses, in order to erect a theme or horoscope, by means of six great circle...
DOMINANT
DOMINANT, adjective [Latin, to rule; lord, master; a house; to overcome, to subdue.]1. Ruling; prevailing; governing; predominant; as the dominant party, or faction.2. In music,...
DOMINATE
DOMINATE, verb transitive [Latin See Dominant.] To rule; to govern; to prevail; to predominate over.We every where meet the Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated.DOMINA...
DOMINATED
DOMINATED, participle passive Ruled; governed.
DOMINATING
DOMINATING, participle present tense Ruling; prevailing; predominating.
DOMINATION
DOMINATION, noun [Latin]1. The exercise of power in ruling; dominion; government.2. Arbitrary authority; tyranny.3. One highly exalted in power; or the fourth order of angelic b...
DOMINATIVE
DOMINATIVE, adjective Governing; also, imperious.
DOMINATOR
DOMINATOR, noun1. A ruler or ruling power; the presiding or predominant power.Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this northwest part of the world.2. An absolute governor.
DOMINEER
DOMINEER, verb intransitive [Latin See Dominant.]1. To rule over with insolence or arbitrary sway.To domineer over subjects or servants is evidence of a low mind.2. To bluster; ...
DOMINEERING
DOMINEERING, participle present tense1. Ruling over with insolence; blustering; manifesting haughty superiority.2.adjective Overbearing.
DOMINICAL
DOMINICAL, adjective [Low Latin, lord.]1. That notes the Lords day or Sabbath. The dominical letter is the letter which, in almanacks, denotes the sabbath, or dies domini, the L...
DOMINICAN
DOMINICAN, adjective or noun The Dominicans, or dominican Friars, are an order of religious or monks, called also Jacobins, or Predicants, preaching friars; an order founded abo...
DOMINION
DOMINION, noun [Latin See Dominant.]1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling.The dominion of the Most High is an everlasting dominion Daniel 4:3...
DOMINO
DOMINO, noun A kind of hood; a long dress; a masquerade dress.
DOMITE
DOMITE, noun A mineral named from Dome in Auvergne, in France, of a white or grayish white color, having the aspect and gritty feel of a sandy chalk.
DON
DON. A title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes. It is commonly supposed to be contracted from dominus, dom, and the Portugue...
DONACITE
DONACITE, noun A petrified shell of the genus Donax.
DONARY
DONARY, noun [Latin, to give.] A thing given to a sacred use. [Little used.]