preponderate

verb4

1. •
   To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight.

   • an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes — 1665
2. •
   To overpower by stronger or moral power.

   • That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield. — 1898
3. •
   To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate.

   • Anxiety preponderated over hope; and it was scarcely possible for Evelyn to encounter a danger not previously conjured up by the alarmed fancy of his mistress. — 1834
4. •
   (no longer used) To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.

   • The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. — 1642