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Confederating Confederate Con*fed"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confederated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating.]
To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel.
Desiderating Desiderate De*sid"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiderated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating.] [L. desideratus, p. p. of
desiderare to desire, miss. See Desire, and cf.
Desideratum.]
To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing
that ought to have been there -- please to insert a
desiderated stanza. You can not. --Prof.
Wilson.
Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an
actual abode of fire. --A. W. Ward.
Moderating Moderate Mod"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moderated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Moderating.]
1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a
state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within
bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to
repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage,
action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.
By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing
quality of warm water. --Arbuthnot.
To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
--Spenser.
2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting;
as, to moderate a synod.
Preponderating Preponderate Pre*pon"der*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating.] [L.
praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before +
ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See
Ponder.]
1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight;
to overbalance.
An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the
center of the balance, will preponderate greater
magnitudes. --Glanvill.
2. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.]
The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates
him for peace. --Fuller.
Preponderatingly Preponderatingly Pre*pon"der*a`ting*ly, adv.
In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.
