prepayment (prep ament)

[ Sometimes, in a more refined and highly philosophick sense, Osiris is the whole active force of the universe, considered as having a prepollency of good in its effects. Coventry, Philemon to Hydaspes, iii. prepollent (pre-pol'ent), a. [ In his speeches we are struck more by the general mental power they display than by the preponderance of any particular faculty. Whipple , E . and Rev., I. 185. There was a preponderance of women, as is apt to be the case in such resorts. C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 7. 3. In gun ., the exce of weight of that part of a gun which is to the rear of the trunnions over that in front of them. It is measured by the force, expre ed in pounds, which must be applied under the rear end of the base-ring or neck of the cascabel in order to balance the gun exactly with the axis of the bore horizontal, when supported freely on knife-edges placed under IMG:content-0882.png:[blocks in formation] The preponderant benefits of law. Bushnell , Moral Uses of Dark Things, p. 54. No thoughtful person can have failed to observe, in any throng, the preponderant look of unrest and di atisfaction in the human eye. E. S. Phelps , Beyond the Gates, p. 119. preponderantly (prē-ponʼdėr-ant-li), adv . In a preponderant manner or degree; so as to preponderate or outweigh. preponderate (pre-pon'der-at),.; pret. and præponder at us, pp. of præponder are, outweigh: pp. preponderated, ppr. preponderating. [ see pre ponder.] I. trans. 1. To outweigh; surpa in weight, force, efficiency, or influence. An inconsiderable weight, by vertue of its distance from the centre of the ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes. Glanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, xv. The trivial lest thing, when a pa ion is cast into the Government of the Tongue . scale with it, preponderates substantial ble ings. 21. To cause to lean or incline in a particular direction; dispose; induce to a particular course of action or frame of mind. The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. Fuller . 3t. To ponder or mentally weigh beforehand. How many things do they preponderate? how many at once comprehend? Shaftesbury, Moralists, ii. § 4. II. in trans. 1. To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or droop, as the scale of a balance. That is no just balance wherein the heaviest side will Bp. Wilkins . not preponderate . I will a ert nothing but what shall be reasonable, though not demonstrable, and far preponderating to whatever shall be alledged to the contrary. Dr. H. More , Immortal. of Soul, iii. 1. IMG:content-0883.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To have superior power, influence, force, or efficiency; predominate; prevail. Down to the very day and hour of the final vote, no one could predict, with any certainty, which side would pre ponderate. D. Webster , Speech at Pittsburg, July, 1833. pre ponder a tingly (pre-pon'der-ā-ting-li), adv . Preponderantly. The book is pre ponder a tingly full of herself. W. R. Greg, Misc. E ., 1st ser., p. 178. preponderation (prē-pon-de-rā'shon), n . [ præponderatio (n-), an outweighing, præpon derare , pp. præponder at us , outweigh: see pre ponder , preponderate .] 1. The act or state of preponderating or outweighing; preponderance. It is a preponderation of circumstantial arguments that must determine our actions in a you sand occurrences. Watts , Logic, ii. 5, § 3. Choice and preference can no more be in a state of indifference than motion can be in a state of rest, or than the preponderation of the scale of a balance can be in a state of equilibrium. Edwards, On the Will, ii. 7. 21. The act of pondering or mentally weighing beforehand. pre ponderous (prē-ponʼdėr-us), a. [ preport (pre-port'), v. t. [L. præport are, carry before, Pyraustæ gaudes gaudium: your inconstant joy pre Withals , Dict. (ed. 1634), p. 575. ( Nares .) ports annoy. prepose (pre-pōz'), v. t.; pret. and pp. preposed, ppr. preposing. [OF. preposer, F. préposer, place before; as pre- + pose2. Cf. L. præponere, pp. præposit us, set before: see preposi tion.] To place before or in front of something else; prefix. 4697 that is set before, These prepositive conjunctions, once separated from the others, soon gave birth to another subdivision. word. Horne Tooke , Diversions of Purley, I. ix. II. n. A word or particle put before another Grammarians were not ashamed to have a cla of postpositive prepositives . Horne Tooke , Diversions of Purley, I. ix. [