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prepollent, a. Now rare.|prɪˈpɒlənt|
Also præ-.
[ad. L. præpollēnt-em, pr. pple. of præpollēre: see prepoll.]
Having superior power, weight, or influence; predominating, prevailing.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 130 Now the basis is..more prepollent in quality. 1685Boyle Eng. Notion Nat. v. 146 The præpollent gravity of some [bodies], sufficing to give others a comparative or respective lightness. 1752Gentl. Mag. 154 Other evidence..such as has been always deemed prepollent to any other. 1825R. P. Ward Tremaine III. xiii. 239 The question..whether the evil or good is præpollent. 1901Dublin Rev. Apr. 293 It had nowhere any current or prepollent vogue. |