intransitive verb preponderated -·at′ed, preponderating -·at′·ing

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

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