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Default Re: Can I use the word DOMINATE?

Both those meanings refer to the literal meaning of "dominate": to rule over, as a lord rules over his subjects. In the first case it really is a lord or some other ruler, and in the second case it is person acting like a lord.

A domineering person is a person who orders other people around.
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