PREPONDERATE


Meaning of PREPONDERATE in English

■ verb be greater in influence, number, or importance.

Origin

C17 (in the sense 'weigh more, have greater intellectual weight'): from L. praeponderat- , praeponderare , from prae 'before' + ponderare 'weigh, consider'.

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