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Counterponderate
Counterponderate Coun`ter*pon"der*ate (-p?n"d?r-?t), v. t.
To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
EquiponderateEquiponderate E`qui*pon"der*ate, v. i. [Equi- + L. ponderare
to weigh. See Ponderate.]
To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing.
--Bp. Wilkins. Equiponderate
Equiponderate E`qui*pon"der*ate, v. t.
To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. ``More than
equiponderated the declension in that direction.' --De
Quincey.
Imponderable
Imponderable Im*pon"der*a*ble, n. (Physics)
An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the
plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity,
and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight
but in modern science little used.
Imponderableness
Imponderableness Im*pon"der*a*ble*ness, n.
The quality or state of being imponderable.
Ponderance
Ponderance Pon"der*ance, n. [L. ponderans, p. pr. of ponderare
to weigh: cf. OF. ponderant of weight.]
Weight; gravity. [R.] --Gregory.
PonderatePonderate Pon"der*ate, v. t. [L. ponderatus, p. p. of
ponderare. See Ponder.]
To consider; to ponder. [R.] Ponderate
Ponderate Pon"der*ate, v. i.
To have weight or influence. [R.]
Preponderate
Preponderate Pre*pon"der*ate, v. i.
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; as, the
affirmative side preponderated.
That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will
not preponderate. --Bp. Wilkins.
PreponderatePreponderate 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. PreponderatedPreponderate 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. PreponderatingPreponderate 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.
Preponderation
Preponderation Pre*pon`der*a"tion, n. [L. praeponderatio.]
The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a
preponderation of reasons. --I. Watts.
Superponderate
Superponderate Su`per*pon"der*ate, v. t.
To wiegh over and above. [Obs.]
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