GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Lord, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lording.] To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb; as, “rich students lording it over their classmates”.
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The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. Spenser.
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I see them lording it in London streets. Shak.
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And lorded over them whom now they serve. Milton.
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