Associations to the word «Preponderate»
Noun
- Chesapeake
- Aristocracy
- Bulk
- Oppression
- Burgess
- Speaking
- Pamphlet
- Favour
- Influence
- Spectacle
- Balance
- Gaining
- Recruit
- Worth
- Weight
- Whole
- Jefferson
- Minority
- Equality
- Element
- Latter
- Scale
- Dispute
- Necessity
- Probability
- Power
- Passion
- Democracy
- Opinion
- Slavery
- Favor
- Attraction
- Virtue
- Pleasure
- Class
- Nation
- Principle
- Desire
- Strength
- Importance
- Interest
- Evidence
- Authority
- Majority
- Consideration
- Pole
- Existence
- Advantage
- Liberty
- Portion
- Cause
- Rome
- Affair
- Reality
- Enemy
- Character
- Constitution
- Reason
- Manner
- Nature
- Italy
- Conflict
- Measure
- Sort
- Effect
- View
- Settlement
Adjective
Wiktionary
PREPONDERATE, verb. (transitive) To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
PREPONDERATE, verb. (transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power.
PREPONDERATE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
PREPONDERATE, verb. (intransitive) To exceed in weight; hence, to predominate
Dictionary definition
PREPONDERATE, verb. Weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.