Definition for PRE-POND'ER-ANCE, or PRE-POND'ER-AN-CY

PRE-POND'ER-ANCE, or PRE-POND'ER-AN-CY, n. [See Preponderate.]

  1. An outweighing; superiority of weight. The least preponderance of weight on one side of a ship or boat will make it incline or heel.
  2. Superiority of power, force or weight; in a figurative sense; as, a preponderance of evidence. – Locke.

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