Preponderate

To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.

To overpower by stronger or moral power.

To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.

To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated.