domear

From Latin dominārī (“overcome”). Doublet of dominar, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [domeˈaɾ]

domear (first-person singular present domeo, first-person singular preterite domeei, past participle domeado)

1. (transitive) to bend, bow

   Synonyms: curvar, dobrar

2. (transitive) to make humble; to force, compel
   • 1840, Manuel Fernández Magariños, Seor Pedro:

     pro nunca poido facer que o Seor Pedro fose crego, que en medio de ser meniño xa pensaba con gran seso. Tiráro-no dos estudios, xa que tan fortes consellos non bastaron pra o domear a que fose frade ou crego

     but he never could make Mr. Pedro a churchman, because even a boy yet, he used to think with good judgement. They removed him from his studies, since so large advices weren't enough for compelling him to be a friar or a priest

3. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to warp, bow

   Synonyms: cambar, empenar, pandar

• “domear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “domear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “domear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.