Dominate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DOMINATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DOMINATING.] [Lat. dominari, dominatus, from dominus, master, lord, from domus, house; It. dominare, Sp. dominar, Fr. dominer.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. “A city dominated by the ax.” Dickens.

We every where meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. Tooke.

To predominate. [Rare.] Dryden.