Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or state of preponderating or outweighing; preponderance.
- noun The act of pondering or mentally weighing beforehand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or state of preponderating; preponderance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or state of preponderating;
preponderance ; as, a preponderation of reasons - Isaac Watts
Etymologies
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From Latin praepondero ("outweigh, turn the scale")
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Examples
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With the exception of these fortified islands, whose defence is effectively aided by a preponderation of naval force, the enemy has been driven — completely driven — out of those States.
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While riches are so necessary to present convenience, and so much more easily obtained by crimes than virtues, the mind can only be secured from yielding to the continual impulse of covetousness by the preponderation of unchangeable and eternal motives.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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