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Definition of Prevail
1. Verb. Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance. "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
Specialized synonyms: Override, Overarch, Outbalance, Outweigh, Overbalance, Preponderate
Derivative terms: Predominance, Predominant, Predomination, Prevalence, Reign
2. Verb. Be valid, applicable, or true. "This theory still holds"
3. Verb. Continue to exist. "The legend of Elvis endures"
Generic synonyms: Continue
Specialized synonyms: Carry Over, Reverberate
Related verbs: Run
Derivative terms: Diehard, Persistent, Prevalence, Prevalent
4. Verb. Prove superior. "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"
5. Verb. Use persuasion successfully. "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"
Definition of Prevail
1. v. i. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against.
Definition of Prevail
1. Verb. (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prevail
1. to triumph [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: triumph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevail
Literary usage of Prevail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"... the appre- hension of the judgment that did hang over our heads : but all was
not sufficient to prevail with very '*««•*• them to come with me. * nance. ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"424 diseases of the zymotic class, which, though always more or less prevalent,
only occasionally prevail with epidemic intensity. ..."
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