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preponder

preponder verb: to preponderate.

Verb

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

  1. To preponderate.
    • 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 .1814, Simon Willard, The Columbian Union, page 76
    • 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.1893 June, Robert Blum, “An Artist in Japan”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume 13, number 6, page 749

Examples of preponder in a sentence

  • Plaintiff has the burden of presenting a case which fairly preponders over the defendant's case.1949, Supreme Court, page 370:
  • However, research preponders towards practical applications, for example, evaluation of two advertising appeals.2009, K. N. Krishnaswamy, Appa Iyer Sivakumar, M. Mathirajan, Management Research Methodology:
  • Sometimes the thirst for pleasure predominates, then the wish to grow preponders.2017, Traumear, Beck, page 283:
  • The gurgling sound of the falls preponders the air.2019, Murli Menon, Travel Guide 2019 South East Asia, page 68:

Forms of preponder

third-person singular presentpreponders
present participleprepondering
past participleprepondered
pastprepondered

Words that rhyme with preponder

Questions about preponder

What does preponder mean?
Preponder means to preponderate.
How do you use preponder in a sentence?
Plaintiff has the burden of presenting a case which fairly preponders over the defendant's case.
What part of speech is preponder?
Preponder is a verb.
What is the past tense of preponder?
The past tense of preponder is prepondered.

Words near preponder in the dictionary

  1. prepolymerize
  2. prepolymerized
  3. prepolymerizes
  4. prepolymerizing
  5. prepolymers
  6. preponder
  7. preponderance
  8. preponderance of evidence
  9. preponderance of the evidence
  10. preponderances
  11. preponderancies

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