‖ n. [ F. ] 1. A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported with paying import duties; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit. Syn. -- transshipment center. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ L. praepotentia: cf. F. prépotence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring. [ 1913 Webster ]