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Preponderated
imp. & p. p.
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Preponderating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Preponderate
v. t.
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To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
Preponderate
v. t.
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To overpower by stronger or moral power.
Preponderate
v. t.
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To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
Preponderate
v. i.
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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.
Preponderatingly
adv.
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In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.
Preponderation
n.
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The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons.
Prepose
v. t.
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To place or set before; to prefix.
Preposition
n.
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A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
Preposition
n.
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A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
Prepositional
a.
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Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.
Prepositive
a.
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Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle.
Prepositive
n.
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A prepositive word.
Prepositor
n.
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A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor.
Prepositure
n.
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The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship.
Prepossessed
imp. & p. p.
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Prepossessing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Prepossess
v. t.
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To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.
Prepossess
v. t.
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To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
Prepossessing
a.
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Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner.
Prepossession
n.
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Preoccupation; prior possession.
Prepossession
n.
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Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood.
Prepossessor
n.
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One who possesses, or occupies, previously.
Preposterous
a.
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Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.
Preposterous
a.
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Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.
Prepostor
n.
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See Prepositor.
Prepotency
n.
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The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
Prepotency
n.
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The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
Prepotent
a.
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Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant.