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prepotent
[ pree-poht-nt ]
adjective
- preeminent in power, authority, or influence; predominant:
a prepotent name in the oil business.
- Genetics. noting, pertaining to, or having prepotency.
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Other Words From
- pre·potent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prepotent1
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Example Sentences
He shows that the wild parent is not necessarily prepotent, although many writers have urged that view.
The Italian race is, I believe, prepotent in mixed marriages.
The women wept quietly, but Jeff's eyes were dry, though his face was discharged of all its prepotent impudence.
As has been said, they are so prepotent, uniform, and distinct from the other breeds that they may be called a race of cattle.
Breeders claim to be able to produce cattle so prepotent that they will produce their like, however mated.
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