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Definition of Prevails
1. prevail [v] - See also: prevail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevails
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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