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PREPONDERATE
preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance
(verb) weigh more heavily; “these considerations outweigh our wishes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
preponderate (third-person singular simple present preponderates, present participle preponderating, simple past and past participle preponderated)
(transitive) To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight
Synonym: overbalance
(transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power.
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
(intransitive) To exceed in weight; hence, to predominate
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*pon"der*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating.] Etym: [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.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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