Definition of Preponderation

1. n. The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons.

Definition of Preponderation

1. Noun. The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a '''preponderation''' of reasons - Isaac Watts ¹

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Definition of Preponderation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preponderation

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preponderance
preponderance of evidence
preponderance of the evidence
preponderances
preponderancies
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preponderantly
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preponderation (current term)
preponderations
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preportion
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Literary usage of Preponderation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"Wherein consists the notion of any such thing, but some stated prevalence or preponderation in the nature or state of causes or occasions, that is followed ..."

2. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards (1844)
"So freedom, if it consists in, or implies Indifference, can denominate nothing free, at the first moment of preference or preponderation. ..."

3. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1829)
"Wherein consists the notion of any such thing, but some stated prevalence or preponderation in the nature or state of causes or occasions, that is followed ..."

4. An Inquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of by Jonathan Edwards (1831)
"... their notion of an act, that it is no effect of a predetermining bias or preponderation, ... which is foregoing preponderation : if it be not habitual, ..."

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