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preponderate
intransitive verb preponderated, preponderating
- 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
Related Forms:
- preponderation noun
See preponderate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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