dominative

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They became angry and dominative; and the more they thus exhibited themselves, the more scorn and contumely they encountered.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

By the same dominative power He can infringe and partially make void any marriage contract without entirely undoing it.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

I shall never forget the well-meaning feeble villain, stricken down by remorse and impending terror, and the dominative Baron bullying him the while, with words supplied piecemeal by the sufferer.

From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by Murray, David Christie

Studies of teachers' classroom personalities, 2: effects of teacher's dominative and integrative contacts on children's classroom behavior.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Here again a dispensation differs from an annulment, for the latter requires, not the power of jurisdiction, but only dominative or domestic power.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome