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† pre-ˈponderate, v.2 Obs.
[f. pre- A. 1 + ponderate v. 6.]
To ponder previously; to weigh mentally or consider beforehand; = pre-ponder v.2 a. trans.
1599Life Sir T. More in Wordsw. Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 106, I have considered and preponderated all my affairs and doings. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 7 Preponderate seriously this consequent. 1711Shaftesbury Charact. (1737) II. ii. iv. 308 How many things do they preponderate? How many at once comprehend?
b. intr. or absol.
1681P. Thacher in New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Reg. (1868) XXII. 260, I have diligently weighed and preponderated, seriously consulted with Others. 1742Fielding Jos. Andrews iii. vi, The squire and his company thought proper to preponderate, before they offered to revenge the cause of their..allies. 1838Fraser's Mag. XVII. 263 Deeply began she to preponderate Whether she'd cut her throat.
Hence † pre-ˈponderated ppl. a.
1653Nissena 102 The first [step] required well weighed determinations and preponderated execution. |