Associations to the word «Preponderate»

Wiktionary

PREPONDERATE, verb. (transitive) To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
PREPONDERATE, verb. (transitive) To overpower by stronger or moral power.
PREPONDERATE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
PREPONDERATE, verb. (intransitive) To exceed in weight; hence, to predominate

Dictionary definition

PREPONDERATE, verb. Weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn