preponder

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

Verb

preponder (third-person singular simple present preponders, present participle prepondering, simple past and past participle prepondered)

1. To preponderate.
   • 1814, Simon Willard, The Columbian Union, page 76:

     As the democrat preponders over the aristocrat, so oxygen prevails over iron, the power of gravity is as much greater than that of magnetism, as regular democracy is superior to haphazard aristocracy .

   • 1893 June, Robert Blum, “An Artist in Japan”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume 13, number 6, page 749:

     As it is, the embellishments preponder over constructive ability, and one sadly reflects here, more than anywhere else, how small in great, and how great in small, things the Japanese really are.

   • 1949, Supreme Court, page 370:

     Plaintiff has the burden of presenting a case which fairly preponders over the defendant's case.

   • 2009, K. N. Krishnaswamy, Appa Iyer Sivakumar, M. Mathirajan, Management Research Methodology:

     However, research preponders towards practical applications, for example, evaluation of two advertising appeals.

   • 2017, Traumear, Beck, page 283:

     Sometimes the thirst for pleasure predominates, then the wish to grow preponders. Back and forth we struggle, from dearth to sterility.

   • 2019, Murli Menon, Travel Guide 2019 South East Asia, page 68:

     The gurgling sound of the falls preponders the air.