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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
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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