(verb) : prae-pondĕro, āre, and
* A.
* Neutr., to be of greater weight, to preponderate, incline (post-Aug.; cf. propendeo).
* Lit.: ne, portionum aequitate turbatā, mundus praeponderet,Sen. Q. N. 3, 10, 3: quotiens in alterum latus praeponderans declinarat sarcina,App. M. 7, 17.
* Act., to outweigh (class.): qui omnia metiuntur emolumentis et commodis, neque ea volunt praeponderari honestate,to be surpassed,Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18.
* To be of more weight or influence, to have the preference: aliquis reum me defendit, sed uxorem meam violavit ... in comparatione beneficii praeponderavit injuria,Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1: quamvis injuriae praeponderent,id. Ep. 81, 4: honestas praeponderat,Gell. 1, 3, 25: exsul,Stat. Th. 8, 615.
* To turn the scale, give a decision, incline: in humaniorem partem,Sen. Clem. 1, 2, 2: si neutro litis condicio praeponderet,decides neither one way nor the other,Quint. 7, 2, 39: quo praeponderet alea fati,Luc. 6, 603.
* Absol., to show preference, to act with partiality: inter duos liberos pari desperatione languentes, da bonum patrem, non praeponderabit,Quint. Decl. 8, 9; cf.: neutrum, si in neutram partem praeponderet,inclines,Varr. L. L. 10, § 5 Müll.

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