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