preponderate

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for preponderate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Etymology

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

Verb

preponderate (third-person singular simple present preponderates, present participle preponderating, simple past and past participle preponderated)

(transitive) To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight.
Synonym: overbalance
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
  an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes
(transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power.
- 1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, page 359:
  That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield.
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, and the Profane State:
  The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace.
(intransitive) To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 22:
  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.
- 1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism‎:
  […] if the principle of utility is good for anything, it must be good for weighing these conflicting utilities against one another, and marking out the region within which one or the other preponderates.
- 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 161:
  Train journeys were not long in terms of distance, and having regard to these factors, the tank engine inevitably preponderated.

Related terms

preponder
preponderance
preponderant

References

preponderate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
preponderate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

单词	preponderate
释义	preponderate English Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for preponderate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913) Etymology From Latin praeponderatus, past participle of praeponderāre (“to outweigh”). Verb preponderate (third-person singular simple present preponderates, present participle preponderating, simple past and past participle preponderated) (transitive) To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight. Synonym: overbalance 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes (transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power. 1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, page 359: That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, and the Profane State: The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. (intransitive) To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 22: 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. 1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism‎: […] if the principle of utility is good for anything, it must be good for weighing these conflicting utilities against one another, and marking out the region within which one or the other preponderates. 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 161: Train journeys were not long in terms of distance, and having regard to these factors, the tank engine inevitably preponderated. Related terms preponder preponderance preponderant References preponderate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 preponderate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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