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Preponder
(gcide) | Preponder \Pre*pon"der\v. t.
To preponderate. [Obs.]
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preponderantly
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preponderance
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preponderant
(encz) | preponderant,převážný adj: preponderant,převažující adj: |
preponderantly
(encz) | preponderantly,převážně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
preponderate
(encz) | preponderate,převažovat v: Zdeněk Brožpreponderate,převládat v: Zdeněk Brož |
preponderating
(encz) | preponderating, adj: |
Preponderance
(gcide) | Preponderance \Pre*pon"der*ance\, Preponderancy
\Pre*pon"der*an*cy\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rance.]
1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or
excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an
outweighing.
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The mind should . . . reject or receive
proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater
grounds of probability. --Locke.
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In a few weeks he had changed the relative position
of all the states in Europe, and had restored the
equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had
destroyed. --Macaulay.
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2. (Gun.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind
the trunnions over that in front of them.
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Preponderancy
(gcide) | Preponderance \Pre*pon"der*ance\, Preponderancy
\Pre*pon"der*an*cy\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rance.]
1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or
excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an
outweighing.
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The mind should . . . reject or receive
proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater
grounds of probability. --Locke.
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In a few weeks he had changed the relative position
of all the states in Europe, and had restored the
equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had
destroyed. --Macaulay.
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2. (Gun.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind
the trunnions over that in front of them.
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Preponderant
(gcide) | Preponderant \Pre*pon"der*ant\, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis:
cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rant. See Preponderate.]
Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally
and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant
importance. -- Pre*pon"der*ant*ly, adv.
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Preponderantly
(gcide) | Preponderant \Pre*pon"der*ant\, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis:
cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rant. See Preponderate.]
Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally
and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant
importance. -- Pre*pon"der*ant*ly, adv.
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Preponderate
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]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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Preponderated
(gcide) | 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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Preponderating
(gcide) | 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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Preponderatingly
(gcide) | Preponderatingly \Pre*pon"der*a`ting*ly\, adv.
In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.
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Preponderation
(gcide) | Preponderation \Pre*pon`der*a"tion\, n. [L. praeponderatio.]
The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a
preponderation of reasons. --I. Watts.
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preponderance
(wn) | preponderance
n 1: superiority in power or influence; "the preponderance of
good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power"
2: a superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of
evidence against the defendant" [syn: preponderance,
prevalence]
3: exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; "the least
preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale" |
preponderant
(wn) | preponderant
adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant
mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding,
paramount, predominant, predominate,
preponderant, preponderating] |
preponderantly
(wn) | preponderantly
adv 1: much greater in number or influence; "the patients are
predominantly indigenous" [syn: predominantly,
preponderantly] |
preponderate
(wn) | preponderate
v 1: weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our
wishes" [syn: preponderate, outweigh, overbalance,
outbalance] |
preponderating
(wn) | preponderating
adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant
mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding,
paramount, predominant, predominate,
preponderant, preponderating] |
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