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prepotent
[ pree-poht-nt ]
adjective
- preeminent in power, authority, or influence; predominant:
a prepotent name in the oil business.
- Genetics. noting, pertaining to, or having prepotency.
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- pre·potent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prepotent1
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Example Sentences
He shows that the wild parent is not necessarily prepotent, although many writers have urged that view.
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The Italian race is, I believe, prepotent in mixed marriages.
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The women wept quietly, but Jeff's eyes were dry, though his face was discharged of all its prepotent impudence.
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As has been said, they are so prepotent, uniform, and distinct from the other breeds that they may be called a race of cattle.
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Breeders claim to be able to produce cattle so prepotent that they will produce their like, however mated.
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