Definition of: preponderate

(pri·pon′də·rāt) v.i. ·at·ed, ·at·ing
1. To be of greater weight.
2. To incline downward or descend, as the scale of a balance.
3. To be of greater power, importance, quantity, etc.; predominate; prevail. [<L praeponderatus, pp. of praeponderare <prae-before +ponderare weigh <pondus, ponderis weight]
—pre·pon′der·a′tion noun