Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PRE-POND'ER-ATE, v.t. [L. præpondero; præ, before, and pondero, to weigh.]

1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. – Granville.
2. To overpower by stronger influence or moral power.