preponderate

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preponderate

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From Latin praeponderatus, past participle of praeponderāre (“to outweigh”).

verb preponderates · preponderating · preponderated

transitive To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight. an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes
Similar: overbalance
transitive To overpower by stronger or moral power. That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield.
obsolete, transitive To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace.
intransitive To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate. Anxiety preponderated over hope; and it was scarcely possible for Evelyn to encounter a danger not previously conjured up by the alarmed fancy of his mistress.

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@misc{preponderate_2026,
  title = {preponderate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preponderate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}