All 3 Uses of
dominate
in
The Call of the Wild
- The Dominant Primordial Beast†
p. 47.0dominant = controlling; or most influential or powerful
- The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew.†
p. 47.1
- Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, the dominant primordial beast who had made his kill and found it good.
p. 73.9 *dominant = most powerful
Definitions:
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(1)
(dominate) to control; or to be most influential, powerful, abundant, important, or conspicuous
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, domination can refer to a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.