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Adjective: preponderating
  1. Having superior power and influence
    "the preponderating mood among policy-makers is optimism"
    - overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant
Verb: preponderate  pri'pón-du`reyt
  1. Weigh more heavily
    "these considerations preponderate our wishes"
    - outweigh, overbalance, outbalance

See also: dominant, preponderance

Type of: dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule