v. t. | 1. | To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. |
2. | To overpower by stronger or moral power. | |
3. | To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. | |
v. i. | 1. | 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; |
Verb | 1. | preponderate - weigh more heavily |