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predomination Now rare or Obs.|prɪdɒmɪˈneɪʃən|
[n. of action from predomine, predominate v.: see -ation.]
The action, fact, or condition of predominating; predominance; ascendancy. (Often in Astrol. and in the doctrine of the humours.)
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 105 So great a predomination hath this name of fidelity in the hearts of a number. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 332 The colour uncertaine, according to the predomination of the humour infected. 1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. i, Have thy starres maligne bene such, That their predominations sway so much Over the rest? c1645Howell Lett. (1892) II. 662 The perpetual conflict of the humors within us for predomination. 1654‘Palaemon’ Friendship 3 Mercury..follows the predomination of those other Planets with whom he is in Conjunction. 1783Johnson 28 Apr. in Boswell, You would not trust to the predomination of right, which, you believe, is in your opinions. |