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‖ pondus Obs.|ˈpɒndəs|
[L. pondus weight: formerly often used in English context.]
A weight; chiefly fig. power to influence or bias; moral force.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 20 By Love, as a Divine pondus, the Soul reduceth althings to its last end, namely God. a1680Charnock Disc. John i. 13 Wks. 1684 II. 175 Unless God give a pondus to his own motion. a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 263 Devotion fervent he instills, And turns to God the Pondus of our Wills. 1719F. Hauksbee Phys. Mech. Exp. v. 116 As reasonable, as that a greater Power should sustain a greater Pondus, or take off more of the Pressure of the same Pondus. |