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prepotency Definition


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prepotent
adj
    1. Powerfully more influential than others.
    2a. biol.
      Said of one parent: more likely to pass on hereditary characteristics than the other;
    2b. biol.
      Having greater power of fertilization.
Derivative: prepotency
noun
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin praepotens, from posse to have power.



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