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Definitions for: Preponderate
[v] weigh more heavily
Webster (1913) Definition: Pre*pon"der*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating.] [L.
praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before +
ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See
Ponder.]
1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight;
to overbalance.
An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the
center of the balance, will preponderate greater
magnitudes. --Glanvill.
2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates
him for peace. --Fuller.
Pre*pon"der*ate, v. i.
To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the
scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence,
power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the
affirmative side preponderated.
That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will
not preponderate. --Bp. Wilkins.
Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance
See Also: dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule
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