dompt
/dɒm(p)t//dɑm(p)t/
dompt verb: to bring (something) under control; to overcome, to subdue.
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Verb
dompt (third-person singular simple present dompts, present participle dompting, simple past and past participle dompted)
- To bring (something) under control; to overcome, to subdue.
- As touching corporal puniſhments and penance, as faſting, diſciplin, hare cloth and other chaſtiſements, it behoueth thee herein to vſe good diſcretiõ, taking ſuch as help to repreſſe the aſſaults and temptations of the fleſh, and leuing others that may be hurtful, not yeelding herein to the heats...1584, Iaspar Loarte [i.e., Gaspart Loarte], “Certaine General Aduertissementes Necessary for suche as Minde to Serue God Sincerely”, in James Sancer [pseudonym; Stephen Brinkley], transl., The...
- And if he did apprehend (as they ſay) nothing by the iudgement of men, he had no need to carrie his mortification ſo farre, as to dompt and ſubject his moſt inward and ſecret motions, and to pull downe the moſt liuely and ſecret prouocations of his fleſh: but it had bene ſufficient for him to haue...1620, Peter du Moulin [i.e., Pierre Du Moulin], “The Twentieth Article. Of Iustification by Faith, and What True Faith Is.”, in [anonymous], transl., The Bvckler of the Faith: Or, A Defence of the...
- Synonyms:
- daunt
Examples of dompt in a sentence
- A hero dompts Mattatias, too, a hero of rare astuteness, one who, as we watch, fends off by his quick wits the pogrom which he sees impending over Jerusalem.1947, Albert Viney, The Ballet of Moments Unborn: […], London; New York, N.Y.: A. Melrose, →OCLC, page 244:
- In the case of the Narmer palette, and an ivory carving from Hieraconpolis, this origin is reinforced by the addition of human figures who control or "dompt" the animals.1987, Ann E[lizabeth] Farkas, Prudence O[liver] Harper, Evelyn B[yrd] Harrison, editors, Monsters and Demons in the Ancient and Medieval...
- I am like Montu as king of Egypt, fear of me has dompted the Nine Bows, / It is Amun-re, my precious father, who overthrows every land beneath my feet, / I being king upon [his] throne forever!2018, Donald B[ruce] Redford, “The Nubian and First Libyan Campaigns”, in The Medinet Habu Records of the Foreign Wars of Ramesses III...
Synonyms of dompt
Forms of dompt
| third-person singular present | dompts |
|---|---|
| present participle | dompting |
| past participle | dompted |
| past | dompted |
Origin of dompt
Borrowed from French dompter (“to break in, tame (an animal); to subdue, suppress”), from Middle French dompter, from Old French donter, danter, from Latin domitāre, the present active infinitive of domitō (“to tame”), from domō (“to break in, tame; to conquer, subdue, vanquish”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”)) + -itō (suffix forming frequentative verbs). The English word is a doublet of daunt.
Words formed from dompt
- dompter
- dompting
Questions about dompt
- What does dompt mean?
- Dompt means to bring (something) under control; to overcome, to subdue.
- How do you use dompt in a sentence?
- A hero dompts Mattatias, too, a hero of rare astuteness, one who, as we watch, fends off by his quick wits the pogrom which he sees impending over Jerusalem.
- What part of speech is dompt?
- Dompt is a verb.
- How do you pronounce dompt?
- Dompt is pronounced /dɒm(p)t/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of dompt?
- The past tense of dompt is dompted.
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