Preponderating

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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]:

  preponderating
       adj : having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood
             among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: {overriding}, {paramount},
              {predominant}, {predominate}, {preponderant}]