prepotentadj.

Brit.

/priːˈpəʊtnt/, U.S.

/ˌpriˈpoʊtnt/

Forms: late Middle English propotent (in a late copy, transmission error), late Middle English– prepotent, 1600s praepotent.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praepotent-, praepotēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin praepotent-, praepotēns superior to others in power, outstandingly powerful < prae- pre- prefix + potēns potent adj.¹ Compare Middle French prepotent , French prépotent (1450; rare between early 16th and late 18th centuries), Spanish prepotente (first half of the 15th cent. or earlier), both in sense ‘very powerful’. Compare potent adj.¹It is uncertain whether the following quot. shows an earlier example of the word, as suggested by Middle Eng. Dict. at that entry:?c1450 in Anglia (1896) 18 296 Take a noble onyment, For hed-werk good and prent [perh. read prepotent].

1. Having great power, force, influence, or authority; pre-eminent in power; more powerful than others; predominant.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [adjective] > having great or supreme power

prepotent1468

maximious?1567

all-powerful1597

multipotent1609

magnipotent1727

prepotential1888

1468 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 56 Most prepotent prince of power imperiall.

c1475 Mankind (1969) 772 (MED) My prepotent fader, when ȝe sowpe, sowpe owt yowr messe.

1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth Pref. sig. A.ii Conuocated thorowe the kynges goodnes to wayte on his prepotent mageste.

1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 166^v Excellent for wisdome, prepotent in power, renowmed for vertue.

1641 R. Baillie Parallel Compar. Liturgie with Masse-bk. Pref. sig. A4^v Overswayed by the prepotent Popish faction.

1657 Physical Dict. Præpotent, strong, effectual, potent, above or before others.

1715 J. Hacket Abp. Williams 55 His Majesty saw that there was no Remedy in this Case, but to go hand in hand with the Prince, and his now prepotent Favourite.

1717 C. Place Thoughts of Honest Whig sig. B2 Their prepotent Example would not only strike all modish Levites out of countenace..but send to the very Skirts of their Kingdoms, Influences of happy Invitation.

1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) ii. iv. 404 To borrow this prepotent bolt from the armoury of his predecessor.

1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 153 After the ruin of the prepotent influence of Spain.

1885 E. Lynn Linton Stabbed in Dark iii Some vague, intangible, but prepotent barrier had risen up between him and them.

1908 Daily Chron. July 3/4 Her role was never as prepotent as that of George Sand in the life of De Musset.

1930 F. B. Young Jim Redlake ii. i. 121 His grandmother, that prepotent, regal figure of his early years, had..shrunk and softened..into a rather deaf little old woman.

1987 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Feb. 15/1 Kelvin..is said to derive from a Scottish river, though my guess is that Calvinist associations are prepotent.

2003 Artforum Internat. (Nexis) 1 Nov. 152 The press is the prepotent audience for global shows. The reception of the exhibition for most people amounts to a reading of these journalists' columns.

a. Biology. Having or designating a greater power of transmitting hereditary characters; genetically dominant; having a greater power of fertilization.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > other

bequeathed1619

inheriting1622

propagablea1707

pure-bred1810

prepotent1859

pedigree1861

amphigonous1876

dominant1900

codominant1908

autosomal dominant1922

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 99 A plant's own pollen is always prepotent over foreign pollen.

1882 Times 12 Apr. 10/5 He pointed out the combination of forms in the hybrids, and the various ways in which one or other is ‘prepotent’.

1905 G. A. Reid Princ. Heredity v. 48 Long-established races such as natural varieties are usually prepotent, though seldom entirely so over newer races such as domestic varieties. Thus the ass is usually prepotent over the horse, and the jackall over the dog.

1954 Times 7 July 5/3 This..breed has in recent years established an excellent type in quality and substance that provides a prepotent sire for crossing at home and abroad.

1985 J. A. Michener Texas ii. 64 This prepotent gentleman had sired seven sons in a row.

1994 Dog World June 91/2 He has..proven himself as a most exceptional and very prepotent sire, producing in his young get and grandget such rare perfection of beauty.

b. Psychology and Physiology. Designating a reflex or other behavioural response that overrides another when the two occur in conflict; (also) designating a stimulus that elicits such a response.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > [adjective] > predominating

prepotent1906

1906 C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action Nerv. Syst. vi. 228 It is those stimuli which..are most fitted to excite pain which, as a general rule, excite in the ‘spinal’ animal..the prepotent reflexes.

1928 Psychol. Rev. 35 420 The animal behaves as it does because a certain prepotent stimulus in the environment has forced it that way.

1948 McDougall's Introd. Social Psychol. (ed. 29) 459 The ‘prepotent reflexes’ of sex, fear, and rage.

2005 Physiol. & Behavior 86 49/1 A struggling response when held by the tail is considered to be a prepotent rodent response crucial for survival in the wild.

†3. Previously endowed with power or potentiality. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1874 J. Tyndall Addr. Brit. Assoc. 58 It is by the operation of an insoluble mystery that life is evolved, species differentiated, and mind unfolded from their prepotent elements in the immeasurable past.

Derivatives

preˈpotently adv. in a prepotent manner; with overwhelming power.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [adverb] > with great or supreme power

prepotently1866

1866 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 339 The great cerebral sponge..had prepotently sucked up all the vital forces.

1899 W. James in Talks on Psychol. 88 A single exciting word may call up its own associates prepotently.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 30 Nov. 45/1 And though he..played the Palace in New York or the Palace in London or the Wintergarten in Berlin more prepotently than anyone had ever done before.

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

单词	prepotent
释义	prepotentadj. Brit. /priːˈpəʊtnt/, U.S. /ˌpriˈpoʊtnt/ Forms: late Middle English propotent (in a late copy, transmission error), late Middle English– prepotent, 1600s praepotent. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praepotent-, praepotēns. Etymology: < classical Latin praepotent-, praepotēns superior to others in power, outstandingly powerful < prae- pre- prefix + potēns potent adj.¹ Compare Middle French prepotent , French prépotent (1450; rare between early 16th and late 18th centuries), Spanish prepotente (first half of the 15th cent. or earlier), both in sense ‘very powerful’. Compare potent adj.¹It is uncertain whether the following quot. shows an earlier example of the word, as suggested by Middle Eng. Dict. at that entry:?c1450 in Anglia (1896) 18 296 Take a noble onyment, For hed-werk good and prent [perh. read prepotent]. 1. Having great power, force, influence, or authority; pre-eminent in power; more powerful than others; predominant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adjective] > having great or supreme power prepotent1468 maximious?1567 all-powerful1597 multipotent1609 magnipotent1727 prepotential1888 1468 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 56 Most prepotent prince of power imperiall. c1475 Mankind (1969) 772 (MED) My prepotent fader, when ȝe sowpe, sowpe owt yowr messe. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth Pref. sig. A.ii Conuocated thorowe the kynges goodnes to wayte on his prepotent mageste. 1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 166^v Excellent for wisdome, prepotent in power, renowmed for vertue. 1641 R. Baillie Parallel Compar. Liturgie with Masse-bk. Pref. sig. A4^v Overswayed by the prepotent Popish faction. 1657 Physical Dict. Præpotent, strong, effectual, potent, above or before others. 1715 J. Hacket Abp. Williams 55 His Majesty saw that there was no Remedy in this Case, but to go hand in hand with the Prince, and his now prepotent Favourite. 1717 C. Place Thoughts of Honest Whig sig. B2 Their prepotent Example would not only strike all modish Levites out of countenace..but send to the very Skirts of their Kingdoms, Influences of happy Invitation. 1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) ii. iv. 404 To borrow this prepotent bolt from the armoury of his predecessor. 1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 153 After the ruin of the prepotent influence of Spain. 1885 E. Lynn Linton Stabbed in Dark iii Some vague, intangible, but prepotent barrier had risen up between him and them. 1908 Daily Chron. July 3/4 Her role was never as prepotent as that of George Sand in the life of De Musset. 1930 F. B. Young Jim Redlake ii. i. 121 His grandmother, that prepotent, regal figure of his early years, had..shrunk and softened..into a rather deaf little old woman. 1987 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Feb. 15/1 Kelvin..is said to derive from a Scottish river, though my guess is that Calvinist associations are prepotent. 2003 Artforum Internat. (Nexis) 1 Nov. 152 The press is the prepotent audience for global shows. The reception of the exhibition for most people amounts to a reading of these journalists' columns. 2. a. Biology. Having or designating a greater power of transmitting hereditary characters; genetically dominant; having a greater power of fertilization. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > other bequeathed1619 inheriting1622 propagablea1707 pure-bred1810 prepotent1859 pedigree1861 amphigonous1876 dominant1900 codominant1908 autosomal dominant1922 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 99 A plant's own pollen is always prepotent over foreign pollen. 1882 Times 12 Apr. 10/5 He pointed out the combination of forms in the hybrids, and the various ways in which one or other is ‘prepotent’. 1905 G. A. Reid Princ. Heredity v. 48 Long-established races such as natural varieties are usually prepotent, though seldom entirely so over newer races such as domestic varieties. Thus the ass is usually prepotent over the horse, and the jackall over the dog. 1954 Times 7 July 5/3 This..breed has in recent years established an excellent type in quality and substance that provides a prepotent sire for crossing at home and abroad. 1985 J. A. Michener Texas ii. 64 This prepotent gentleman had sired seven sons in a row. 1994 Dog World June 91/2 He has..proven himself as a most exceptional and very prepotent sire, producing in his young get and grandget such rare perfection of beauty. b. Psychology and Physiology. Designating a reflex or other behavioural response that overrides another when the two occur in conflict; (also) designating a stimulus that elicits such a response. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > [adjective] > predominating prepotent1906 1906 C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action Nerv. Syst. vi. 228 It is those stimuli which..are most fitted to excite pain which, as a general rule, excite in the ‘spinal’ animal..the prepotent reflexes. 1928 Psychol. Rev. 35 420 The animal behaves as it does because a certain prepotent stimulus in the environment has forced it that way. 1948 McDougall's Introd. Social Psychol. (ed. 29) 459 The ‘prepotent reflexes’ of sex, fear, and rage. 2005 Physiol. & Behavior 86 49/1 A struggling response when held by the tail is considered to be a prepotent rodent response crucial for survival in the wild. †3. Previously endowed with power or potentiality. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1874 J. Tyndall Addr. Brit. Assoc. 58 It is by the operation of an insoluble mystery that life is evolved, species differentiated, and mind unfolded from their prepotent elements in the immeasurable past. Derivatives preˈpotently adv. in a prepotent manner; with overwhelming power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adverb] > with great or supreme power prepotently1866 1866 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 339 The great cerebral sponge..had prepotently sucked up all the vital forces. 1899 W. James in Talks on Psychol. 88 A single exciting word may call up its own associates prepotently. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 30 Nov. 45/1 And though he..played the Palace in New York or the Palace in London or the Wintergarten in Berlin more prepotently than anyone had ever done before. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1468
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