اِسْتَبَدّ (بـِ): كَانَ مُسْتَبـِدّاً، تَحَكّمَ (فِي) to be or become arbitrary, despotic, autocratic, tyrannical; to rule tyrannically, manage dictatorially; to act autocratically; to tyrannize (over), domineer, oppress; to have one's own way (in)

اِسْتَبَدّ بـِ: اِسْتَحْوَذَ على، اِسْتَغْرَقَ to overcome, overpower, overwhelm; to carry, grip; to absorb, engross, preoccupy, occupy wholly, fill completely, take up, seize, take hold of

اِسْتَبَدّ بـِ: تَفَرّدَ بـِ، اِسْتَأثَرَ بـِ to possess alone, appropriate, take exclusive possession of; to monopolize

اِسْتَبَدّ بـِرَأيِهِ to be or become opinionated, head-strong, obstinate, dogged, stubborn