Preponderate

Quick meaning: Preponderate is a verb meaning (transitive) To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight.

Meaning

(transitive) To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
3. (intransitive) To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate.

Example Sentences

The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace.

That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield.

an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes

Train journeys were not long in terms of distance, and having regard to these factors, the tank engine inevitably preponderated.

Word Forms

• preponderates
• preponderating
• preponderated

Synonyms for preponderate

Depending on context, synonyms include overbalance, outweigh, outbalance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outbalance, overbalance, outweigh, exceed, ponderate, overbear.

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