_ Something _held_--from Lat. v. _tenere_, to
hold.--Combine and define doctrine + al.
16. DOM'INUS, _a master or lord_.
Radical: DOMIN-.
1. DOMIN'ION: domin + ion = the act of exercising mastery: hence, (1) rule;
(2) a territory ruled over.
2. DOM'INANT: domin + ant = relating to lordship or mastery: hence,
prevailing.
3. DOMINEER': through Fr. v. _dominer_; literally, to "_lord_ it" over one:
hence, to rule with insolence.
4. PREDOM'INATE: pre + domin + ate = to cause one to be master _before_
another: hence, to be superior, to rule.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What is meant by saying that "in 1776 the United Colonies threw off
the _dominion_ of Great Britain"?
(2.) What is meant by the "_dominant_ party"? a "_dominant_ race"?
(3.) Compose a sentence containing the word "domineer." MODEL: "The
blustering tyrant, Sir Edmund Andros, _domineered_ for several years over
the New England colonies; but his misrule came to an end in 1688 with the
accession of King William."
(4.) "The Republicans at present _predominate_ in Mexico": what does this
mean?
17. FI'NIS, _an end or limit_.
Radical: FIN-.
1. FI'NITE: fin + ite = having the quality of coming to an end: hence,
limited in quantity or degree.
2. FIN'ISH: through Fr. v. _finir_; literally, to bring to an end: hence,
to complete.
3. INFIN'ITY: in + fin + ity = the state of having no limit: hence,
unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity.
4. DEFINE': through Fr. v. _definer_; literally, to bring a thing down to
its limits: hence, to determine with precision.
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