hectored
hectored is the simple past of hector.
hectored is the past participle of hector.
Meaning of hector
Verb
hector (third-person singular simple present hectors, present participle hectoring, simple past and past participle hectored)
- To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
- Theſe Nimrods (ſay they) grew great by the Strength of their Limbs and their Vices, engraved their Murthers upon their Shields, and Hectored all the Little and Peaceable People into Peaſantry.1700, Jeremy Collier, “A Second Conference between Philotimus and Philalethes”, in Essays upon Several Moral Subjects, in Two Parts. […], 4th edition, London: Printed for Richard Sare […], and H....
- To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
- […] I was ſent for by the marſhall, huffed and hectored ſtrangely, thretned, &c., in fine, muſte give bonds to the good behaviour; I refuſed, […]1684 February 4, William Vaughan, “[Appendix.] XXXI. A Letter from William Vaughan, Esq. Containing a Journal of Transactions during His Imprisonment, &c. to Nathaniel Weare, Esq. Agent in London.”...
- Synonyms:
- huff, huff and puff
Words formed from hectored
Questions about hectored
- What is hectored the simple past of?
- Hectored is the simple past of hector.
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