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Preominate vs Predominate - What's the difference?

preominate | predominate |

As verbs the difference between preominate and predominate

is that preominate is (obsolete|rare) to feel foreboding about; to prophesy while predominate is to dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.

As an adjective predominate is

(nonstandard) predominant.

preominate

English

Verb

(preominat)
  • (obsolete, rare) To feel foreboding about; to prophesy.
  • (obsolete, rare) To be a portent or omen of.
  • *1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , V.23:
  • *:Because many ravens were seen when Alexander entered Babylon, they were thought to preominate his death; and because an owl appeared before the battle, it presaged the ruin of Crassus.

    • Anagrams

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    predominate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

  • To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
  • To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
  • To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.

    • Synonyms

    * preponderate

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) predominant
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