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Webster 1913 Edition

Preponderant

Pre-pon′der-ant

,

Adj.

[L.

praeponderans

,

-antis

: cf. F.

prépondérant

. See

.]

Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; – used literally and figuratively;

as, a

preponderant

weight; of

preponderant

importance.

–

Pre-pon′der-ant-ly

,

adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Preponderant

PREPOND'ERANT

,

Adj.

Outweighing.