Both Uses
dominate
in
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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- The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region ... is the apparition of a figure on horseback, without a head.
*dominant = conspicuous (most noticeable)
- He laid aside, too, all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating.†
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) Much more rarely, domination can refer to a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.