Both Uses of
dominate
in
The Bluest Eye
- When we discovered that she clearly did not want to dominate us, we liked her.†
Chpt 2 *
- Junior considered the playground his own, and the schoolchildren coveted his freedom to sleep late, go home for lunch, and dominate the playground after school.†
Chpt 3
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.