Preponderate
Pronunciation : Pre*pon"der*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See Ponder.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pre*pon"der*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913