Preponderate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preponderate \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.
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           That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will
           not preponderate.                        --Bp. Wilkins.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preponderate \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.
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              An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the
              center of the balance, will preponderate greater
              magnitudes.                           --Glanvill.
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     2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
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     3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
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              The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates
              him for peace.                        --Fuller.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preponderate
       v : weigh more heavily [syn: {outweigh}, {overbalance}, {outbalance}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "preponderate":
     best, bestride, better, cap, dictate, dominate, domineer, exceed,
     excel, go one better, have the ascendancy, improve on, master,
     outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overtop,
     perfect, play first fiddle, predominate, prevail, reign,
     rule the roost, surpass, take the lead, top, tower above,
     tower over, transcend, trump, twist, wear the pants