Definition of "lorded" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of lord. (verb)

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• "Rome had been for more than two centuries strangely neglected by the rulers who in her name lorded it over the civilised world."
• "And to this change I object: the meaning was obvious before; "lorded" stands clearly enough here for made lord of or over, etc.; and though the expression is unusual, it is less prosaic than the proposed word"
• "Can there be a moment's doubt that "lorded" was the word used by Shakspeare?"