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preponderate
adjective \Definition of preponderate (Entry 2 of 2)
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“Preponderate.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preponderate. Accessed 19 January 2020.
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The first known use of preponderate was circa 1611
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