preponderate
intransitive verb | \ pri-ˈpän-də-ˌrāt \ | pre·pon·der·ate
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: to have greater credibility or convincing weight : have an outweighing effect the evidence either was evenly balanced or preponderated in favor of the state —Weston v. State, 682 P.2d 1119 (1984) such evidence preponderates against the board's decision