preponderate
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. i.
To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the
scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence,
power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the
affirmative side preponderated.
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That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will
not preponderate. --Bp. Wilkins.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Preponderated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preponderating}.] [L.
praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before +
ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See
{Ponder}.]
1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight;
to overbalance.
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An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the
center of the balance, will preponderate greater
magnitudes. --Glanvill.
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2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
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3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
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The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates
him for peace. --Fuller.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "preponderate":
best, bestride, better, cap, dictate, dominate, domineer, exceed,
excel, go one better, have the ascendancy, improve on, master,
outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overtop,
perfect, play first fiddle, predominate, prevail, reign,
rule the roost, surpass, take the lead, top, tower above,
tower over, transcend, trump, twist, wear the pants
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