Definition of Prevails

1. Verb. (third-person singular of prevail) ¹

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Definition of Prevails

1. prevail [v] - See also: prevail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevails

prev
prevacation
prevail
prevail upon
prevailed
prevailer
prevailers
prevaileth
prevailing
prevailing parties
prevailing party
prevailing westerly
prevailing wind
prevailingly
prevailment
prevails (current term)
prevalant
prevalence
prevalences
prevalency
prevalent
prevalently
prevalents
prevalidate
prevalidated
prevalidates
prevalidating
prevalidation
prevalidations
prevalue

Literary usage of Prevails

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"But other forces have our hopes o'erthrown, And Troy prevails by armies not her own. 160 Now nine long years of mighty Jove are run, ..."

2. Primeval Man: An Examination of Some Recent Speculations by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1868)
"Accordingly it is among such Birds almost exclusively that the law of assimilative colouring prevails. And among them it is carried to a perfection which is ..."

3. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1903)
"THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD CHAPTER I The description of the family of Wakefield, m which a kindred likeness prevails as well of minds as of persons. ..."

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