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praeponderare [CL] 1 to be of greater weight, to weigh more, to be preponderant (also fig.). spe metuque libratis, cum neutrum ~aret W. Malm. GR I 61; 1166 sic respondebit ad merita ut ~are videatur libra vindicte et quos potenter puniet non tam examinare lance equitatis quam mole magnitudinis pregravare J. Sal. Ep. 145 (168 p. 102); pondera apostoli bona opera ostendentia aliquando ~abant atque pondera diaboli ‥ mala significantia iterum ~abant ‥ . cum ‥ statera se inclinaret versus apostolum ‥, tollebat apostolus animam illam Coggesh. Visio 14; qui amplius diligant amplius glorificabuntur, non illi qui asperiorem vitam ducunt quia dilectio ~at [ME: overweið] AncrR 152. 2 (w. dat.): a to weigh more than. b to have more value or influence than. a sed illud sane querendum occurrit in hac gaudii exploratione, quid curiosius debeat explorari, an quod aurum cui ~eret cui prefulgeat et quod cui in puritate premineat J. Ford Serm. 12. 5.  b commune dispendium privato commodo ~at W. Malm. GR II 147; quorum [morborum] singuli ~abant paralysi V. Chris. Marky. 50; nam licet non deesset fratrum electio, plebis petitio, voluntas episcoporum, gratia procerum, his tamen omnibus tua ~avit auctoritas, tua magis urgebat voluntas Ailr. Ed. Conf. 780A; ne forte in tua estimatione ~erent minora majoribus Id. Spec. Car. II 16. 561; sanum consilium preponderat omnibus escis Walt. Angl. Fab. 26. 19. 3 to weigh (a matter) mentally, assess the value of. b to consider to be of greater weight, influence, or value. in virga directionis sub discretionis examine pende et ~a quid juris rigor dictet A. Tewk. Ep. 10 p. 49; ~ans quantam gratiam ‥ inveniebat Trokelowe 82.  b quamvis eum accessum ‥ cunctis opibus terrae ~aret Gosc. Transl. Aug. 31B; quicunque ‥ illam [sc. institutionem] ‥ violaverint, apponat ac ~et Dominus illam eorum sacrilegii iniquitatem super omnes alias iniquitates eorum Text. Roff. 226; toti abstinentie mee ‥ hec continentia sola longe ~at Gir. GE II 220.

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