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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Preponderating (0.01784 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: preponderating
preponderating
adj : having superior power and influence;
“the predominant mood
among policy-makers is optimism” [syn:
overriding,
paramount,
predominant,
predominate,
preponderant]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Preponderating
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.
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An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the
center of the balance, will preponderate greater
magnitudes. --Glanvill.
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2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
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3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
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The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates
him for peace. --Fuller.
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