The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prepotent \Pre*po"tent\, a. [L. praepotens. See Pre-, and Potent.]
Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant.
--Plaifere.(Biol.) Characterized by prepotency.
--Darwin.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant. 2 (context biology English) Characterized by prepotency.
Usage examples of "prepotent".
Cecelia thought to herself, had only been the most prepotent sire of the past three decades for performance horses.
With animals one variety certainly often has this prepotent power over another variety.
I realised that here was one who carried with him his own prepotent atmosphere, and who could transform his surroundings, whether it was a Pamir hut or a London restaurant.
Danlo smiled as he remembered a story he had heard about Bardo: that the huge, prepotent man had once swived nineteen women in a single night.
Abbie had the feeling that she was the owner of just such a prepotent stallion.
Bardo: that the huge, prepotent man had once swived nineteen women in a single night.
A great number of fine and capable persons must be failing to develop, failing to tell, under the shadow of this too prepotent monarchy.
I have seen what bad families can do, what orphanages and rejection can do, what rape and incest can do and it is still my opinion that birth and pre-birth trauma are prepotent over almost any later kind of trauma.