The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes.
--Glanvill. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
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To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace.
--Fuller.
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vb. (en-past of: preponderate)
Usage examples of "preponderated".
Her, or perhaps Sir Horace’s, acquaintances preponderated at her aunt’s board, but not even Miss Wraxton, on the watch for signs of presumption in her, could find any fault with her demeanor.