Antonyms for preponderate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pri-pon-duh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈpɒn dəˌreɪt


Definition of preponderate

Origin :
  • 1610s, "to weigh more than," from Latin praeponderatus, past participle of praeponderare "outweigh, make heavier," from prae "before" (see pre-) + ponderare "to weigh" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "to exceed in force or power" is from 1799. Related: Preponderation.
  • verb dominate
Example sentences :
  • Overbold, audacious; overhang, impend; overweigh, preponderate.
  • Extract from : « An Outline of English Speech-craft » by William Barnes
  • So greatly does the influence of the Will preponderate that of the Intelligence.
  • Extract from : « The Basis of Morality » by Arthur Schopenhauer
  • He is only doubtful as to the extent to which the one doctrine may preponderate over the other.
  • Extract from : « Opuscula » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • And even if his money be yet to seek, still more shall it preponderate.
  • Extract from : « Perlycross » by R. D. Blackmore
  • The Jews preponderate everywhere, apparently poor and depressed.
  • Extract from : « Cities of the Dawn » by J. Ewing Ritchie
  • But still they do preponderate; and therefore the rank of the animals is humble.
  • Extract from : « Beauty » by Alexander Walker
  • Yes, I feel that it will come some time—a relationship in which the human will preponderate over the animal tie.
  • Extract from : « The Social Significance of the Modern Drama » by Emma Goldman
  • The reasons which induce me nevertheless to decline, under existing circumstances, preponderate.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Albert Gallatin » by Henry Adams
  • Though none of them can really exist, in its Christian quality, without the others, any of them may preponderate at a given time.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles to the Thessalonians » by James Denney
  • If the members of it are to revert to a dependence on the democratic choice, the democratic scale will preponderate.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States » by James Madison

Synonyms for preponderate

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