Both Uses of
dominate
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Beloved
- The walls of the room were slate-colored, the floor earth-brown, the wooden dresser the color of itself, curtains white, and the dominating feature, the quilt over an iron cot, was made up of scraps of blue serge, black, brown and gray wool--the full range of the dark and the muted that thrift and modesty allowed.†
Part 1
- she noticed neither competition between the two nor domination by one.
Part 1 *domination = control (of the other)
Definition:
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(dominate) to control; or to be most influential, powerful, abundant, important, or conspicuous