- tyrannize (v.)
[tyrannize 词源字典]
- "rule despotically or cruelly; rule tyrannically," late 15c., from Middle French tyranniser (14c.), from tyrannie (see tyranny). Greek tyrannizein meant "to take the part of tyrants" in politics. Related: Tyrannized; tyrannizing.[tyrannize etymology, tyrannize origin, 英语词源]