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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dŏm'i-nant, a. p. 403Ruling; prevailing; governing; predominant; as, the dominant party or faction. The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious…Dōm'i-nant, n. p. 403(Mus.) The fifth tone of the scale, corresponding to the syllable sol of the gamut.Dŏm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 403To 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.Dōm'i-nāte, v. i. p. 403To predominate. [Rare.] Dryden.Dōm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 403The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; government; authority. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom. Burke. 2. A ruling party; a…Dŏm'i-na-tīve, a. p. 403Governing; ruling; imperious. Sandys.Dŏm'i-nā'tor, n. p. 403A ruler or ruling power; the presiding or predominant power. Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this north-west part of the world. Camden.Dŏm'i-ne, n. p. 403See DOMINIE.Dŏm'i-neer', v. i. p. 403To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master or mistress; to be overbearing; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak.…Do-min'i-cal, a. p. 404Indicating the Lord's day, or Sunday. 2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical prayer. Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. Fuller. Dominical letter, the letter which…Do-mĭn'ie-al, n. p. 404The Lord's day; Sunday. [Obs.] Hammond. 2. The Lord's prayer. [Obs.] Jewell.Do-min'i-can, a. p. 404Belonging or relating to the Dominicans, or to St. Dominic. Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded in 1206. Their first convent in the United States was established in 1823, in Kentucky, since when…Do-min'i-can, n. p. 404(Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, and introduced into England A. D. 1221. The Dominicans hold the view that the Virgin Mary was born without the blemish of original…Do-min'i-cīde, n. p. 404The act of killing a master. 2. One who kills his master.Dòm'i-nē, n. p. 404A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Scot.] 2. A clergyman; a parson. [Scot.]Do-mĭn’ion, n. p. 404Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; empire. I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an…Dōm'i-no, n. p. 404A cape with a hood, formerly worn by priests, especially in winter, to protect the head and face. 2. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church. 3. A mourning vail formerly worn by…Dōm'i-nūs, n. p. 404Master; sir;—a title of respect formerly applied to clergymen, gentlemen, the nobility, &c. 2. (Law.) A lord or master; one having control of, or property in, a thing; owner; proprietor. Burrill.Dō'mīte, n. p. 404(Min.) A grayish, earthy variety of trachyte;—so called from the Puy-de-Dome in Auvergne, France, where it is found.Dōn, n. p. 404Sir; Mr.; Signior;—a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes. 2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, at the…Dŏn, v. t. p. 404To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with. Should I don this robe and trouble you. Shak.Dō'ñā, n. p. 404Lady; mistress; madam; a title of respect applied to a lady in Spain and Portugal. [Usually written duenna.]Dō'na-ble, a. p. 404Capable of being donated or given. [Rare.]Dō'na-ry, n. p. 404A thing given or appropriated to a sacred use. [Rare.] Burton.Dŏn'at, n. p. 404A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also donet.] Chaucer.Dŏn'a-ta-ry, n. p. 404The same as DONATORY.Dō'nāte, v. t. p. 404To give, generally for a specific object; to bestow freely; to grant. [Recent.]Do-nā'tion, n. p. 404The act of giving or bestowing; grant. That right we hold by his donation. Milton. 2. That which is given or bestowed; that which is transferred to another gratuitously, or without a valuable…Dŏn'a-tĭsm, n. p. 404The principles embraced by African schismatics of the 4th century, who were called Donatists, from Donatus, their leader. They held that though Christ was of the same substance with the Father, he…Dōn'a-tist, n. p. 404An adherent of the schism of Donatus.Dōn'a-tĭve, n. p. 404A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present; a dole. The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives. 2. (Eccl. Law.) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either…Dōn'a-tive, a. p. 404Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson. Blackstone.Do-nā′tor, n. p. 404(Law.) One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.Dōn'a-to-ry, n. p. 404(Scots Law.) A donee of the crown; one to whom, upon certain conditions, escheated property is made over. Ogilvie.Dō'nax, n. p. 404(Bot.) A species of grass of the genus Arundo (A. donax), growing in the south of Europe, and much used for fishing-rods, and for various purposes. 2. (Conch.) A genus of bivalve mollusks having…Dōne, p. p. p. 404from do, and formerly the infinitive of the same verb. 1. Performed; executed; finished. 2. [O. Eng. done, from Fr. donné, corrupted, as used in law, to doné, or done, from donner, to give, to issue…Do-nee', n. p. 404The person to whom a gift or donation is made. 2. (Law.) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, the party on whom a…Dŏn'et, n. p. 404Same as DONAT, q. v.Dŏn/go-lä'wee, n. p. 404(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Dongola, in Nubia, Africa.Dō'nĭ, n. p. 404(Naut.) A clumsy kind of vessel, having one mast, with a long sail, used on the coast of Coromandel and Ceylon. Ogilvie.Do-nĭf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 404Bearing gifts. [Rare.]Dōn'jon, n. p. 404A massive tower in ancient castles, regarded as the strongest part of the fortifications, and usually in the center of the whole, into which the garrison could retreat in case of necessity; — also…Dŏn'key, n. p. 404An ass, or mule. 2. A stupid or obstinate and wrong-headed fellow.Dŏn'key-èn'gine, n. p. 404A small engine in steam-vessels, deriving its steam from the main engine, and used for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes.Dŏn'key-pŭmp, n. p. 404A steam-pump for feeding boilers.Dŏn'nă, n. p. 404A lady; madam; mistress; — the title given a lady in Italy.Dōn'nat, n. p. 404A good-for-nothing, lazy fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Dōn'nism, n. p. 404(Eng. Universities.) Self-importance; distance and loftiness of carriage. [Colloq.] Heber.Dō'nor, n. p. 404One who gives or bestows; one who confers any thing gratuitously; a benefactor. 2. (Law.) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power. Kent.Dŏn'ship, n. p. 404The quality or rank of a gentleman or knight. Hudibras.Dŏn'zel, n. p. 404A young man following arms and not yet knighted; a young squire or attendant. [Obs.] “My dear donzel.” Beau. & Fl.Dōob'-grăss, n. p. 404(Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass, the Cynodon dactylon, highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the southern part of the United States. [Written also doub grass.]Dōo'dle, n. p. 404A trifler; a simple fellow.Dōō'dle-säck, n. p. 404The Scotch bagpipe. [Prov. Eng.]Do͝ok, n. p. 404A piece of wood inserted in a brick wall for the purpose of attaching finishing pieces; a plug, or wooden brick. [Scot.]Do͞ole, n. p. 404Same as DOLE. Spenser.Do͞o'ly, n. p. 404An apparatus for conveying persons or things upon men's shoulders; a palanquin; a litter. [East Indies.] Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put…Do͞om, v. t. p. 404To form judgment; to judge; to decree; hence, to fix irrevocably, as by facts. [Obs.] “Him . . . thou didst not doom So strictly.” Milton. 2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to…Dōom, n. p. 404Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment. [Obs.] And there he learned of things and haps to come, To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom. Fairfax. 2. Judicial sentence…Dōom'age, n. p. 404A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England.]