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preponderate verb1. E17.
[Latin praeponderat- pa. ppl stem of praeponderare, from prae PRE- + ponderare: see PONDER verb, -ATE3.]
verb intrans.
a. Weigh more, be heavier; fig. have greater moral or intellectual weight. E17.
W. R. D. Fairbairn Although one of these attitudes may come to preponderate, there is..a constant oscillation between them.
b. Be superior in power, amount, number, etc.; predominate. L18.
D. Lodge Caribbean faces now preponderate on the pavement.
verb trans. Exceed in weight; fig. exceed in importance, value, or influence. E17-M18.
verb trans. Cause (one scale of a balance etc.) to descend on account of greater weight; fig. cause to incline more strongly. M17-L18.
verb intrans. Of the scale of a balance: incline downwards on account of greater weight. L17.
b. Gravitate, incline more strongly. rare. L17.
preponderatingly adverb in a preponderating degree, predominantly M19.
preponde'ration noun (now rare) (a) preponderance, predominance; (b) greater inclination or bias: M17.