Lord \Lord\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lording.]

To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb; as, rich students lording it over their classmates. [1913 Webster]

The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Lord \Lord\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lording.]

To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.

The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser.

I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak.

And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)