preponderate
verb (used without object)
to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
preponderating
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a word derived from
preponderate.
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a word form of
preponderate.
preponderateverb (used without object)to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
Example Sentences
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"The League cannot ignore the existence of Japan as a world power, and especially as a power with the preponderating position in Eastern Asia."
From Time Magazine Archive
Verily, my lord Bishop, your notion of what constitutes “clearly preponderating Evidence” must be freely admitted to be at once original and peculiar.
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
"Certainly," he says, "the part taken by the missionaries in expeditions of this character, was a preponderating one."
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur
Suspense between hope and dread, dread preponderating, 132 is the state of feeling represented in the present chorus.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
That it enjoys “clearly preponderating evidence,” is what no person, fair or unfair, will for an instant venture to pretend.
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
