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dompt

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɒm(p)t/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /dɑm(p)t/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒmt
  • rhymes with -ɒmpt
  • rhymes with -ɑmt
  • rhymes with -ɑmpt

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verb

Meaning 1

To bring (something) under control; to overcome, to subdue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: daunt

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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.