preponderate
- Verb. (transitive) To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
- Verb. (transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power.
- Verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
- Verb. (intransitive) To exceed in weight; hence, to predominate.
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