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preponders

preponders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preponder.

Meaning of preponder

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

Questions about preponders

What is preponders the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preponders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preponder.

Words near preponders in the dictionary

  1. prepondered
  2. preponderence
  3. prepondering
  4. preponderous
  5. preponderously
  6. preponders
  7. prepone
  8. preponed
  9. preponement
  10. prepones
  11. preponing

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