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pre·pon·der·ate (prĭ-pŏńdə-rāt́)

[Latin praeponderāre, praeponderāt-, prae-, pre-, + ponderāre, to weigh.]

intransitive verb: -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. 

  1. To exceed something else in weight.
  2. To be greater than something else, as in power, force, quantity, or importance; predominate: “In balancing his faults with his perfections, the latter seemed rather to preponderate” (Henry Fielding)

adjective 

Preponderant.

derivatives

pre·pońder·ate·ly
adverb
pre·pońder·átion
noun