English-Thai Dictionary

preponderate

VI เหนือกว่า  excel predominate nuan-kwa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREPONDERATE

v.t.[L. proepondero; proe, before, and pondero, to weigh. ] 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight.
An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes.
2. To overpower by stronger influence or moral power.

 

PREPONDERATE

v.i.To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance. That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will not preponderate.
1. To exceed in influence or power; hence, to incline to one side.
By putting every argument on one side and the other, into the balance, we must form a judgment which side preponderates.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREPONDERATE

Pre *pon "der *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n.Preponderating. ] Etym: [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. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. Glanvill.

 

2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.

 

3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs. ] The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. Fuller.

 

PREPONDERATE

PREPONDERATE Pre *pon "der *ate, v. i.

 

Defn: To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc. ; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated.That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will not preponderate. Bp. Wilkins.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

preponderate

pre pon der ate |priˈpändəˌrāt priˈpɑndəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] be greater in number, influence, or importance: the advantages preponderate over this apparent disadvantage. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘weigh more, have greater intellectual weight ’): from Latin praeponderat- ‘of greater weight, ’ from the verb praeponderare, from prae ‘before ’ + ponderare ‘weigh, consider. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

preponderate

pre |pon ¦der |ate |prɪˈpɒndəreɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] be greater in number, influence, or importance: the advantages preponderate over this apparent disadvantage. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘weigh more, have greater intellectual weight ’): from Latin praeponderat- ‘of greater weight ’, from the verb praeponderare, from prae ‘before ’ + ponderare ‘weigh, consider ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

preponderate

preponderate verb young voters preponderate at these benefit concerts: be in the majority, predominate, be predominant; be more /most important, prevail, dominate, reign.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

preponderate

pre pon der ate /prɪpɑ́ndərèɪt |-pɔ́n -/動詞 ｟かたく ｠自動詞 重さ [数, 量, 勢力 ]でまさる .