predomination

English

Etymology

Compare French prédomination.

Noun

predomination (countable and uncountable, plural predominations)

1. The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.
   • 1613, William Browne, “The First Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. [The First Booke], London: […] Geo[rge] Norton, […], →OCLC, page 20:

     Quoth th'other, haue thy ſtarres maligne been ſuch, / That their predominations ſvvay ſo much / Ouer the reſt, that vvith a milde aſpect / The Liues and loues of Shepherds doe affect?

Further reading

• “predomination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• preadmonition, protein domain