preponderate
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dəˌreɪt verb (used without object), pre·pon·der·at·ed, pre·pon·der·at·ing.
1.
to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
2.
to incline downward or descend, as one scale or end of a balance, because of greater weight; be weighed down.
3.
to be superior in power, force, influence, number, amount, etc.; predominate: Evidence for the accused preponderated at the trial.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | to be of greater weight than something else |
| [C17: from Late Latin praeponderāre to be of greater weight, from pondus weight] | |
| pre'ponderately | |
| —adv | |
| pre'ponderating | |
| —adj | |
| preponder'ation | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
preponderate
1623, "to weigh more than," from L. præponderare "outweigh," from præ- "before" + ponderare "to weigh" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "to exceed in force or power" is from 1799. Preponderance is first recorded 1681, meaning "greater weight;" sense of "greater importance" is from 1780; that of
"greater number" is from 1845.
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Example sentences
The evidence fails to preponderate against the trial court's finding that they were reasonable and necessary.
To reverse based on the great weight of the evidence, the facts must clearly preponderate in the opposite direction.
The evidence in this case does not clearly preponderate in favor of the veteran, nor does it clearly preponderate.
Although there is some evidence to support this conclusion, the evidence does not preponderate in its favor.
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