DOMINEER
tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer
(verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; “her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
domineer (third-person singular simple present domineers, present participle domineering, simple past and past participle domineered)
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; to tyrannize.
Source: Wiktionary
Dom`i*neer", v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered; p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] Etym: [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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