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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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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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