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Preponderate

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight. transitive

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

  2. 2
    weigh more heavily wordnet
  3. 3
    To overpower by stronger or moral power. transitive

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

  4. 4
    To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. obsolete, transitive

    "The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace."

  5. 5
    To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate. intransitive

    "Anxiety preponderated over hope; and it was scarcely possible for Evelyn to encounter a danger not previously conjured up by the alarmed fancy of his mistress."

Etymology

From Latin praeponderatus, past participle of praeponderāre (“to outweigh”).

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