Defn: Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; — used literally
and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant
importance.
— Pre*pon"der*ant*ly, adv.
PREPONDERATE
Pre*pon"der*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preponderating.] Etym: [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. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. Glanvill.
2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.] The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. Fuller.
PREPONDERATE
Pre*pon"der*ate, v. i.
Defn: 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. That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will not preponderate. Bp. Wilkins.
PREPONDERATINGLY
Pre*pon"der*a`ting*ly, adv.
Defn: In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.
PREPONDERATION
Pre*pon`der*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. praeponderatio.]