Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dominated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Dominating}.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to
   dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See {Dame}, and cf.
   {Domineer}.]
   To predominate over; to rule; to govern. ``A city dominated
   by the ax.'' --Dickens.

         We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either
         dominant or dominated.                   --W. Tooke.

Source : WordNet®

dominating
     adj 1: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically
            ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating
            event of the war in Europe" [syn: {ascendant}, {ascendent}]
     2: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the
        ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the
        countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn:
         {commanding}, {overlooking}]
     3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
        unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic
        behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a
        rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the
        employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering
        peremptory manner" [syn: {autocratic}, {bossy}, {high-and-mighty},
         {magisterial}, {peremptory}]