dominate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dominate /ˈdɒmɪneɪt/

▶verb

• 1 have a commanding or controlling influence over.

• 2 (of something tall or high) overlook.

– derivatives
domination noun,
dominator noun.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as domination): from L. dominat-, dominari ‘rule, govern’, from dominus ‘lord, master’.