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Definition of Preponderating

Preponderating
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. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. --Glanvill. 2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. 3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.] The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. --Fuller.

Meaning of Preponderating from wikipedia

- by the State, any body or institution in which the Government has a preponderating interest; advise any party against the Government of India or a Public...
- by the State, any body or institution in which the Government has a preponderating interest; advice any party against the Government of India or a Public...
- A dominant caste is one which preponderates numerically over other castes and also wields preponderant economic and political power. A large and powerful...
- into the coastal states. In the north and east the Fulani of the Sahel preponderate, while in the south and west the Mande languages are common; Samo, Bissa...
- irritability, suggestibility, the exaggeration of the sentiments and the preponderating influence of a few leaders…It is terrible at times to think of the power...
- Taranjis and Kalmuks been left to themselves, or had they remained in a preponderating majority, Kulja would not be a bit ****her advanced than either Yarkand...
- of all nations in those countries. Reciprocal recognition of ****an's preponderating interests in Korea and Russia's special interests in railway enterprises...
- to women a considerable role in their churches, and sometimes even a preponderating one, finding in them ardent supporters of the faith, Mithra forbade...
- ponderation, ponderosa, ponderosity, ponderous, pound, preponderance, preponderate pons pont- bridge pons, pontage, pontic, pontile, pontine, pontonier...
- the upper clergy of the Western Churches; this gave and still gives a preponderating influence to the monasteries themselves. In some of them theological...