preponderate
to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
to incline downward or descend, as one scale or end of a balance, because of greater weight; be weighed down.
to be superior in power, force, influence, number, amount, etc.; predominate: Evidence for the accused preponderated at the trial.
Origin of preponderate
1Other words from preponderate
- pre·pon·der·a·tion, noun
- un·pre·pon·der·at·ed, adjective
- un·pre·pon·der·at·ing, adjective
Words Nearby preponderate
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How to use preponderate in a sentence
Indignation may operate on your minds, but a due sense of your own dignity, I trust, will preponderate.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States | James Hamilton Lewis"The asses preponderate in the streets," said John Turner to me.
Dross | Henry Seton MerrimanWhen motives of interest are balanced against motives of duty, it is well if the former do not sometimes preponderate.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxBlue and grey eyes, too, he will expect to preponderate over the black and hazel.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamBut it is the bad side which will preponderate; it is the darkest practices which will develop themselves most typically.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham
British Dictionary definitions for preponderate
/ (prɪˈpɒndəˌreɪt) /
(often foll by over) to be more powerful, important, numerous, etc (than)
to be of greater weight than something else
Origin of preponderate
1Derived forms of preponderate
- preponderately, adverb
- preponderating, adjective
- preponderation, noun
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