prepotent adjective. [pri:'pǝʊt(ǝ)nt] LME.
[Latin praepotent-, -ens, from prae PRE- + POTENT adjective².]
1. Having great power or influence; more powerful than others. LME.
■ F. B. Young His grandmother, that prepotent, regal figure of his early years.

2. Biology. Having a greater power of fertilization or of transmitting hereditary characters. M19.
■ J. A. Michener This prepotent gentleman had sired seven sons in a row.

3. Psychology. Designating the stimulus which determines the response when stimuli with conflicting responses occur together. E20.

■ prepotently adverb L19.

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