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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lord \Lord\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lorded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lording}.]
To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or
despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it
in the manner of a transitive verb; as, rich students lording
it over their classmates.
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The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser.
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I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak.
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And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton.
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