preponderate

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Verb

preponderate (preponderates, present participle preponderating; past and past participle preponderated)

1. (transitive) To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight

   Synonyms: overbalance

   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica

     an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes

2. (transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
4. (intransitive) To exceed in weight; hence, to predominate

Related terms

• preponder
• preponderance
• preponderant

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