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Preponder
v. t.
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To preponderate.
Preponderance
n.
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Alt. of Preponderancy
Preponderancy
n.
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The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
Preponderancy
n.
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The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
Preponderant
a.
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Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance.
Preponderated
imp. & p. p.
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of Preponderate
Preponderating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Preponderate
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
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.