preponderate

t. & i. [Lat. præponder a tus, pa. par. of præpondero = to outweigh: præ = before, and pondero to weigh; pond us (gen it. pon der is) = a weight; Sp. preponderar; Ital. prep on derare.] IMG:content-1483.png:[blocks in formation] prě-pon-der-āt-ing-lý, adv. [Eng. pre ponder ating;-ly.] In a preponderating manner or degree; preponderantly. "Towns which past reformers generally regarded as pre ponder a tingly Liberal."-London Daily Telegraph. prě-pon-der-ā-tion, s. [Lat. præponderatio .] [PREPONDERATE.] 1. The actor state of preponderating or outweighing; preponderance. "The preponderation of the scale of a balance."- Ed wards: On the Will, pt. ii., § 7. 2. The act of mentally weighing or considering beforehand. *pre-põşe', v. t. [Fr. préposer .] [POSE, v.] 1. To set or place before; to prefix. "His [H. Smith] life preposterousne