mistressed

Verb

mistress (third-person singular simple present mistresses, present participle mistressing, simple past and past participle mistressed)

1. (rare, transitive) Of a woman: to master; to learn or develop to a high degree of proficiency.
   • These films give a glimpse of women on the way to mistressing their own destiny.2013, Andrea Khalil, North African Cinema in a Global Context: Through the Lens of Diaspora
2. (intransitive) To act or take the role of a mistress.
   • […] housewifery, maternity, charity, the life conventual, the chatter of a court, the mistressing of a great house […]1905, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Maid Margaret of Galloway

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