preponderateadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈpɒndərət/, U.S.

/prəˈpɑnd(ə)rət/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praeponderātus, praeponderāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin praeponderātus, past participle of praeponderāre preponder v.¹ Compare earlier preponderately adv. Compare also earlier preponderant adj., preponderating adj., prepondering adj.², preponderous adj., and also predominate adj.

= preponderant adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adjective]

preponderanta1500

predominant1575

predominate1591

ascendant1634

prepollent1657

preponderate1789

predominated1800

1789 [implied in: T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy I. 84 He was..calm concerning every thing that was in itself good, and preponderately [Ger. überwiegend] good in its consequences. (at preponderately adv.)].

1818 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 166/1 Unless the fate of mankind takes some preponderate determination, it will not be easy to pronounce whether good or evil will be the final result.

a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Judicial Procedure i, in Wks. (1843) II. 8 What security can, without preponderate hardship be provided against falsity uttered by an individual coming in the character of a pursuer.

1889 Sexton Speech in Daily News 11 Apr. 8/2 A preponderate majority of elected representatives.

1989 J. V. Kofas Intervention & Underdevelopment 14 The formation of a broad center-leftist coalition government would have resulted in..the absence of the preponderate American influence in Greece.

2005 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) 28 July The courts being the least democratic of our branches of government must not gain preponderate influence over the elected branches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

preponderatev.¹

Brit.

/priːˈpɒndəreɪt/, U.S.

/priˈpɑndəˌreɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, ponderate v.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + ponderate v. Compare slightly later preponder v.²

Now rare.

1. transitive. To ponder or consider (a thing) beforehand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] > beforehand

precogitate1569

forethink1587

preponderate1599

to look ahead1820

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] > beforehand

forethinkc897

advise1385

ripea1475

prepense1509

premeditate?1526

forecast1534

prepend1534

precogitate1569

ruminatea1592

preponderate1599

preponder1624

study1663

1599 Life Sir T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biogr. (1810) II. 131 I have considered and preponderated all my affairs and doings.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 7 Preponderate seriously this consequent.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 122 How many things do they preponderate? How many at once comprehend?

1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 263 Deeply began she to preponderate Whether she'd cut her throat.

†2. intransitive. To deliberate or ponder in advance. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1681 P. Thacher Let. 8 May in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1868) 22 260 I have diligently weighed and preponderated, seriously consulted with others.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. v. 104 The squire and his company thought proper to preponderate, before they offered to revenge the Cause of their..Allies.

Derivatives

preˈponderated adj. rare pondered or considered beforehand.

ΚΠ

1653 tr. F. Carmeni Nissena 102 The first [step] required well weighed determinations and preponderated execution.

2000 BBC Worldwide Monitoring (Nexis) 4 Apr. The ICTR does not believe that the downing of this plane was part of the original plan, of organized and preponderated acts of the 1994 genocide and human rights violations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

preponderatev.²

Brit.

/priːˈpɒndəreɪt/, U.S.

/priˈpɑnd(ə)ˌreɪt/

Forms: 1600s praeponderate, 1600s– preponderate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praeponderāt-, praeponderāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin praeponderāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praeponderāre preponder v.¹ Compare Middle French preponderer to prefer (one thing) to (another) (1536 in an apparently isolated attestation), to have greater weight or importance (16th cent.; French prépondérer (1786)), Spanish preponderar to have greater weight or importance (first half of the 16th cent. or earlier), Italian preponderare to be heavier, to be more powerful or influential, to be superior (1565). Compare earlier preponder v.¹

†a. transitive. To outweigh in importance, value, or influence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [verb (transitive)]

overweigh?c1225

outweigh1562

preponderate1611

preponder1624

outpoise1630

outbalance1642

overbear1712

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 457/1 All which and some other,..must not preponderate the handling of things more rare and considerable.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. iii. 300 His merits preponderate his demerits.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxv. 280 The evil does so far preponderate the good.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. xxvii. 333 That the good must greatly preponderate the evil.

1798–9 J. Aikin Lett. from Father to his Son II. 78 Did no interest in his mind preponderate the simple love of truth?

b. intransitive. To have greater moral or intellectual weight; to prove more influential or persuasive.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > have greater influence

overrule1578

preponder1599

overweigh1647

overbalance1659

preponderate1659

preside1718

1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 3 These last Reasons did preponderate with me.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvi. 338 As the Arguments..shall to any one appear, upon the whole matter, in a greater or less degree, to preponderate on either side.

a1740 J. Abernethy Serm. Var. Subj. (1748) I. 191 The arguments on one side preponderate in our judgments against all we can discern on the other.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 84 The verdict of the jury sufficiently shews how the evidence preponderated in their minds.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. i. 8 One influence preponderates in the language, the other in the policy.

1939 F. W. Powell Control Federal Expenditures 61 He wished gentlemen to examine whether the other arguments did not preponderate in favor of a single administration.

1992 London Rev. Bks. 14 May 2/16 He depreciates the moral weight of the status quo, but the status quo seems in the end, to preponderate in his judgment.

†2.

a. intransitive. Of the scale of a balance: to descend or incline downwards on account of greater weight; to be weighed down; to show a preponderance. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > operations of weighing apparatus [verb (intransitive)] > move (of scale or balance) > descend

preponderate1612

1612 R. Parsons Discuss. Answere William Barlow i. i. 48 The weight of so fat a benefice..and other crummes that you have gathered togeather..do so powerfully preponderate on the one side.

1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum viii. 92 It is true in a pair of Scales equally charged with Quicksilver, that the addition of a little Oyl to either Scale, will make it præponderate.

1725 Jefferson in Athenæum 25 June (1892) 825/1 When these have been withdrawn from us..the balance of pain preponderates unequivocally.

a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 212 Suppose I take..a walking cane,..and attempt to balance it across my finger; I shall at last find some one particular part in it which being supported, neither of the ends will preponderate.

1831 D. Lardner Hydrostatics v. 83 By the weight of this quantity the dish [of a balance] will now preponderate.

1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) iii. 45 It appears that the balance of probability preponderates in favour of the position.

b. transitive. To cause (one scale of a balance, etc.) to descend on account of greater weight; to weigh down. Chiefly figurative: to cause to incline more strongly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > be disposed or inclined to [verb (transitive)] > predispose a person to something

inclinec1350

wrestc1374

wring1528

poise1586

preponderate1642

set1909

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xvi. 324 Desiring to spare Christian bloud, preponderates him for Peace.

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 360 They need not, when cast into the scale of thy thoughts, preponderate thee either way.

1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iv. 190 Is not our Will..given us to preponderate our powers to such actions as Reason pronounceth good?

1796 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 150 The addition of my wish may have some effect to preponderate the scale.

c. intransitive. To gravitate or incline more strongly. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)] > go in a certain direction

incline?a1475

alien?1541

propend1545

sway1556

wing1617

lie1633

look1647

vergea1661

bias1683

preponderate1693

give1840

canalize1927

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 39 They cannot be evenly attracted on all sides, but must preponderate some way or other.

1757 J. Edwards Doctr. Orig. Sin (1837) iii. 24 The question..is not whether he is not inclined to perform as many good deeds as bad ones; but which of these two he preponderates to.

†3.

a. intransitive. To weigh more; to be heavier. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain weight [verb (intransitive)] > turn the scales

weigh?1566

to turn the scale1600

preponderate1623

prepond1836

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Preponderate, to weigh downe more.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxiv. 259 The Bladder appear'd to preponderate.

1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 37 Where neither side doth preponderate, the balance should hang even.

?1785 J. Imison School of Arts 125 The cork will preponderate, and show itself to be heavier than the lead.

1796 S. Vince Princ. Hydrostat. ii. 32 If two bodies of the same weight in air, be put into a denser fluid, the smaller body will preponderate.

b. transitive. To weigh more than, exceed in weight; to outweigh. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than

weigh1387

overbalancea1586

outweigh1646

preponderate1651

1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix x. x. 177 The greater number of the lincks of a Chain preponderating the lesse number.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 137 An inconsiderable weight by vertue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes.

1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. xii. 394 You see the Cork preponderate the Gold, as far as the Beam will admit.

1800 E. Burling Let. 28 Dec. in T. Jefferson Papers (2005) XXXII. 362 It acquires Centrifugal force sufficient to preponderate the weight oppos'd to it.

4. intransitive. To exceed or be superior in power, amount, number, etc.; to predominate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > be superior in amount or degree

rixlec1175

domine1474

predominate1594

domineer1602

predomine1605

prevail1612

preponder1624

preponderate1688

reign1715

to tip the balance1956

1688 P. Pett Happy Future State of Eng. 212 He took care that no form of Church Discipline or particular Church might preponderate by his being a Member therein.

a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. in Wks. (1777) II. 215 If the selfish passion of the rest preponderate, it would be self-destructive in a few individuals to be over-socially disposed.

1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. ii. vii. 298 Oswy is ranked by Bede the seventh..of the kings who preponderated in the Anglo-Saxon octarchy.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vi. 51 The good in this state of existence preponderates over the bad.

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. ii. i. 481 But the relics of Ferns, Conifers and Cycads greatly preponderate.

1941 W. R. D. Fairbairn in Internat. Jrnl. Psychoanal. 22 265 Although one of these attitudes may come to preponderate, there is in the first instance a constant oscillation between them.

1988 D. Lodge Nice Work ii. i. 65 Caribbean faces now preponderate on the pavement.

2005 Times (Nexis) 15 June 15 The artists between 25 and 35 who preponderate have clearly learnt their craft well.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preponderate
释义	preponderateadj. Brit. /prᵻˈpɒndərət/, U.S. /prəˈpɑnd(ə)rət/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praeponderātus, praeponderāre. Etymology: < classical Latin praeponderātus, past participle of praeponderāre preponder v.¹ Compare earlier preponderately adv. Compare also earlier preponderant adj., preponderating adj., prepondering adj.², preponderous adj., and also predominate adj. = preponderant adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adjective] preponderanta1500 predominant1575 predominate1591 ascendant1634 prepollent1657 preponderate1789 predominated1800 1789 [implied in: T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy I. 84 He was..calm concerning every thing that was in itself good, and preponderately [Ger. überwiegend] good in its consequences. (at preponderately adv.)]. 1818 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 166/1 Unless the fate of mankind takes some preponderate determination, it will not be easy to pronounce whether good or evil will be the final result. a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Judicial Procedure i, in Wks. (1843) II. 8 What security can, without preponderate hardship be provided against falsity uttered by an individual coming in the character of a pursuer. 1889 Sexton Speech in Daily News 11 Apr. 8/2 A preponderate majority of elected representatives. 1989 J. V. Kofas Intervention & Underdevelopment 14 The formation of a broad center-leftist coalition government would have resulted in..the absence of the preponderate American influence in Greece. 2005 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) 28 July The courts being the least democratic of our branches of government must not gain preponderate influence over the elected branches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). preponderatev.¹ Brit. /priːˈpɒndəreɪt/, U.S. /priˈpɑndəˌreɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, ponderate v. Etymology: < pre- prefix + ponderate v. Compare slightly later preponder v.² Now rare. 1. transitive. To ponder or consider (a thing) beforehand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] > beforehand precogitate1569 forethink1587 preponderate1599 to look ahead1820 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] > beforehand forethinkc897 advise1385 ripea1475 prepense1509 premeditate?1526 forecast1534 prepend1534 precogitate1569 ruminatea1592 preponderate1599 preponder1624 study1663 1599 Life Sir T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biogr. (1810) II. 131 I have considered and preponderated all my affairs and doings. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 7 Preponderate seriously this consequent. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 122 How many things do they preponderate? How many at once comprehend? 1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 263 Deeply began she to preponderate Whether she'd cut her throat. †2. intransitive. To deliberate or ponder in advance. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1681 P. Thacher Let. 8 May in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1868) 22 260 I have diligently weighed and preponderated, seriously consulted with others. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. v. 104 The squire and his company thought proper to preponderate, before they offered to revenge the Cause of their..Allies. View more context for this quotation Derivatives preˈponderated adj. rare pondered or considered beforehand. ΚΠ 1653 tr. F. Carmeni Nissena 102 The first [step] required well weighed determinations and preponderated execution. 2000 BBC Worldwide Monitoring (Nexis) 4 Apr. The ICTR does not believe that the downing of this plane was part of the original plan, of organized and preponderated acts of the 1994 genocide and human rights violations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). preponderatev.² Brit. /priːˈpɒndəreɪt/, U.S. /priˈpɑnd(ə)ˌreɪt/ Forms: 1600s praeponderate, 1600s– preponderate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praeponderāt-, praeponderāre. Etymology: < classical Latin praeponderāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praeponderāre preponder v.¹ Compare Middle French preponderer to prefer (one thing) to (another) (1536 in an apparently isolated attestation), to have greater weight or importance (16th cent.; French prépondérer (1786)), Spanish preponderar to have greater weight or importance (first half of the 16th cent. or earlier), Italian preponderare to be heavier, to be more powerful or influential, to be superior (1565). Compare earlier preponder v.¹ 1. †a. transitive. To outweigh in importance, value, or influence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [verb (transitive)] overweigh?c1225 outweigh1562 preponderate1611 preponder1624 outpoise1630 outbalance1642 overbear1712 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 457/1 All which and some other,..must not preponderate the handling of things more rare and considerable. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. iii. 300 His merits preponderate his demerits. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxv. 280 The evil does so far preponderate the good. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. xxvii. 333 That the good must greatly preponderate the evil. 1798–9 J. Aikin Lett. from Father to his Son II. 78 Did no interest in his mind preponderate the simple love of truth? b. intransitive. To have greater moral or intellectual weight; to prove more influential or persuasive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > have greater influence overrule1578 preponder1599 overweigh1647 overbalance1659 preponderate1659 preside1718 1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 3 These last Reasons did preponderate with me. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvi. 338 As the Arguments..shall to any one appear, upon the whole matter, in a greater or less degree, to preponderate on either side. a1740 J. Abernethy Serm. Var. Subj. (1748) I. 191 The arguments on one side preponderate in our judgments against all we can discern on the other. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 84 The verdict of the jury sufficiently shews how the evidence preponderated in their minds. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. i. 8 One influence preponderates in the language, the other in the policy. 1939 F. W. Powell Control Federal Expenditures 61 He wished gentlemen to examine whether the other arguments did not preponderate in favor of a single administration. 1992 London Rev. Bks. 14 May 2/16 He depreciates the moral weight of the status quo, but the status quo seems in the end, to preponderate in his judgment. †2. a. intransitive. Of the scale of a balance: to descend or incline downwards on account of greater weight; to be weighed down; to show a preponderance. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > operations of weighing apparatus [verb (intransitive)] > move (of scale or balance) > descend preponderate1612 1612 R. Parsons Discuss. Answere William Barlow i. i. 48 The weight of so fat a benefice..and other crummes that you have gathered togeather..do so powerfully preponderate on the one side. 1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum viii. 92 It is true in a pair of Scales equally charged with Quicksilver, that the addition of a little Oyl to either Scale, will make it præponderate. 1725 Jefferson in Athenæum 25 June (1892) 825/1 When these have been withdrawn from us..the balance of pain preponderates unequivocally. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 212 Suppose I take..a walking cane,..and attempt to balance it across my finger; I shall at last find some one particular part in it which being supported, neither of the ends will preponderate. 1831 D. Lardner Hydrostatics v. 83 By the weight of this quantity the dish [of a balance] will now preponderate. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) iii. 45 It appears that the balance of probability preponderates in favour of the position. b. transitive. To cause (one scale of a balance, etc.) to descend on account of greater weight; to weigh down. Chiefly figurative: to cause to incline more strongly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > be disposed or inclined to [verb (transitive)] > predispose a person to something inclinec1350 wrestc1374 wring1528 poise1586 preponderate1642 set1909 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xvi. 324 Desiring to spare Christian bloud, preponderates him for Peace. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 360 They need not, when cast into the scale of thy thoughts, preponderate thee either way. 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iv. 190 Is not our Will..given us to preponderate our powers to such actions as Reason pronounceth good? 1796 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 150 The addition of my wish may have some effect to preponderate the scale. c. intransitive. To gravitate or incline more strongly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)] > go in a certain direction incline?a1475 alien?1541 propend1545 sway1556 wing1617 lie1633 look1647 vergea1661 bias1683 preponderate1693 give1840 canalize1927 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 39 They cannot be evenly attracted on all sides, but must preponderate some way or other. 1757 J. Edwards Doctr. Orig. Sin (1837) iii. 24 The question..is not whether he is not inclined to perform as many good deeds as bad ones; but which of these two he preponderates to. †3. a. intransitive. To weigh more; to be heavier. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain weight [verb (intransitive)] > turn the scales weigh?1566 to turn the scale1600 preponderate1623 prepond1836 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Preponderate, to weigh downe more. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxiv. 259 The Bladder appear'd to preponderate. 1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 37 Where neither side doth preponderate, the balance should hang even. ?1785 J. Imison School of Arts 125 The cork will preponderate, and show itself to be heavier than the lead. 1796 S. Vince Princ. Hydrostat. ii. 32 If two bodies of the same weight in air, be put into a denser fluid, the smaller body will preponderate. b. transitive. To weigh more than, exceed in weight; to outweigh. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than weigh1387 overbalancea1586 outweigh1646 preponderate1651 1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix x. x. 177 The greater number of the lincks of a Chain preponderating the lesse number. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 137 An inconsiderable weight by vertue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. xii. 394 You see the Cork preponderate the Gold, as far as the Beam will admit. 1800 E. Burling Let. 28 Dec. in T. Jefferson Papers (2005) XXXII. 362 It acquires Centrifugal force sufficient to preponderate the weight oppos'd to it. 4. intransitive. To exceed or be superior in power, amount, number, etc.; to predominate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > be superior in amount or degree rixlec1175 domine1474 predominate1594 domineer1602 predomine1605 prevail1612 preponder1624 preponderate1688 reign1715 to tip the balance1956 1688 P. Pett Happy Future State of Eng. 212 He took care that no form of Church Discipline or particular Church might preponderate by his being a Member therein. a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. in Wks. (1777) II. 215 If the selfish passion of the rest preponderate, it would be self-destructive in a few individuals to be over-socially disposed. 1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. ii. vii. 298 Oswy is ranked by Bede the seventh..of the kings who preponderated in the Anglo-Saxon octarchy. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vi. 51 The good in this state of existence preponderates over the bad. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. ii. i. 481 But the relics of Ferns, Conifers and Cycads greatly preponderate. 1941 W. R. D. Fairbairn in Internat. Jrnl. Psychoanal. 22 265 Although one of these attitudes may come to preponderate, there is in the first instance a constant oscillation between them. 1988 D. Lodge Nice Work ii. i. 65 Caribbean faces now preponderate on the pavement. 2005 Times (Nexis) 15 June 15 The artists between 25 and 35 who preponderate have clearly learnt their craft well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1789v.¹1599v.²1611
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preponderateadj.

preponderatev.1

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