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& s. [Fr., pr. par. of dominer = to dominate (q. v.).] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Ruling, governing, predominant; having the superiority or predominance. "The caste now dominant." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xii. 2. Followed by the prep. over . "Those advantages that enabled their parents to become Darwin: Origin of dominant over their compatriots." Species (1859), ch. ii., p. 54. II. Technically : Music: [DOMINANT CHORD.] The domicile of origin remains until another has been acquired. In order to change such domicile, there must be an actual removal with an intention to reside in the place to which the party removes. When he changes it, he acquires a domicile in the place of his new residence, and loses his original domicile. Officers of the government whose public duties require a temporary residence elsewhere, retain their domiciles. Officers, soldiers, a ruler, a superior. and marines, in the service of the United States, do not lose their domiciles while thus employed. dom'-1-çile, v . t . & i. [Fr. domic i lier ; Sp. dom i ciliar.] [DOMICILE, 8.] To establish in a fixed place of residence; to provide with a domicile; to dom i IMG:content-0357.png:[blocks in formation] render domestic; to domesticate. "That domesticising beverage." -Southey: Doctor. dom-ěs-tiç-1-ty, s. [Fr. domestic ité , from Low Lat. domestic it as , from Lat. domestic us = domestic (q. v.).] 1. The state or condition of being domestic. "There is more domesticity and real substantial happine ."-Southey: Letters, iv. 49. 2. A domestic or private matter, busine , or habit. "A glance into the domesticities again." -Carlyle : Letters and Speeches of Cromwell, iii. 187. *do-měs-tic-ne , s . [Eng. domestic; -ne .] The state of being domestic. ( Ash .) do-měs-tics, 8. [DOMESTIC, B. 6.] dom-ětt, s. [Etym. unknown.] Fabric : A plain cloth of open make, of which the warp is of cotton and the weft of wool. It is of a description of baize, and resembles a kind of white flannel made in Germany. Itis manufactured both in white and black, the former of 28 inches in width, the latter of 36 inches, and there are forty-six yards in the piece. Both kinds are used as lining materials in articles of dre , and to line coffins and caskets.