'Preponderating' definitions:
Definition of 'preponderating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]
Definition of 'Preponderating'
From: GCIDE
- Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating.] [L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See Ponder.]
- 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. [1913 Webster]
- An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]