predominant

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PREDOM'INANT, adjective [Latin proe and dominans, dominor, to rule.] Prevalent over others; superior in strength, influence or authority; ascendant; ruling; controlling; as a predominant color; predominant beauty or excellence; a predominant passion. Those helps--were predominant in the king's mind. Foul subornation is predominant
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