The theory, early advanced in geology, that the
successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; --
opposed to the Neptunian theory.
1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. Glanvill. 2. To overpower by stronger or mora...