Preponderate

·vt To overpower by stronger or moral power.

II. Preponderate ·vt To cause to prefer; to Incline; to Decide.

III. Preponderate ·vt To Outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to Overbalance.

IV. Preponderate ·vi 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.