PREDOMINATE


Meaning of PREDOMINATE in English

v.intr. 1 (foll. by over) have or exert control. 2 be superior. 3 be the strongest or main element; preponderate (a garden in which dahlias predominate).

[ med.L praedominari (as PRAE-, DOMINATE) ]

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