Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To apply the title Lord to; address by the phrase “my lord.”
- To domineer over.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To act the lord over.
- transitive verb To address by the title of “lord”.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
apply the title Lord to. - verb transitive To
address by the phrase "my lord". - verb transitive, rare To
domineer over;lord over.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Again, if you seek the friendship of any of your neighbours round, there shall be no friend so great as you; if any one annoys you, with us as your faithful servitors you shall belord it over him; and such service we will render you, not as hirelings merely for pay's sake, but for the gratitude which we shall rightly feel to you, to whom we owe our lives.
Anabasis 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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These passions so cruelly belord it over the poor soul whom they have got under their thrall, that so long as he is in the heyday of health and strong to labour, they compel him to fetch and carry and lay at their feet the fruit of his toils, and to spend it on their own heart's lusts; but as soon as he is seen to be incapable of further labour through old age, they leave him to his gray hairs and misery, and turn to seize on other victims.
The Economist 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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Again, if you seek the friendship of any of your neighbours round, there shall be no friend so great as you; if any one annoys you, with us as your faithful servitors you shall belord it over him; and such service we will render you, not as hirelings merely for pay’s sake, but for the gratitude which we shall rightly feel to you, to whom we owe our lives.
Anabasis 2007
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