(intransitive) To exceed in weight; hence, to predominate.
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Origin of preponderate
Latin praeponderārepraeponderāt-prae-pre-ponderāreto weigh(s)pen- in Indo-European roots
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latinpraeponderatus, past participle of praeponderāre (“to outweigh")
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Wiktionary
Preponderate Sentence Examples
But below that line natives of India greatly preponderate; of 26,908 appointments ranging between Boo and 60 a year, only 5205 were held by Europeans, 5420 by Eurasians and 16,283 by natives.
Of the sexes, the females greatly preponderate over males.
White, for instance, should be much employed in July, to break the duller blues and purples which then preponderate.
The great administrator and the bold innovator were united in him in an exceptional degree, and he allowed neither character to preponderate unduly.
In this case the power of the crown lens must preponderate so that the resulting lens is of the same sign, but of a little less power.