preponderate

(prē pän′dər āt′, pri-)

Now Rare to weigh more; be heavier
to sink or incline downward, as a scale of a balance
to surpass others in amount, number, power, influence, importance, etc.; predominate

Origin: < L praeponderatus, pp. of praeponderare < prae-, before + ponderare, to weigh < pondus, weight: see pound

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See preponderate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb pre·pon·der·at·ed, pre·pon·der·at·ing, pre·pon·der·ates

To exceed something else in weight.
To be greater than something else, as in power, force, quantity, or importance; predominate: “In balancing his faults with his perfections, the latter seemed rather to preponderate” (Henry Fielding).

adjective (-dər-ĭt)

Preponderant.

Origin:

Origin: Latin praeponderāre, praeponderāt-

Origin: : prae-, pre-

Origin: + ponderāre, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots

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