Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preponderant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preponderant \Pre*pon"der*ant\, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis:
cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rant. See {Preponderate}.]
Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally
and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant
importance. -- {Pre*pon"der*ant*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preponderant
adj : having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood
among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: {overriding}, {paramount},
{predominant}, {predominate}, {preponderating}]
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