Definition of prevail

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Prevail (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..

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Era :: Era (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
Prevailing :: Prevailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prevai.
Win :: Win (v. i.) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Mode :: Mode (n.) Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode..
Renaissance :: Renaissance (n.) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
Plague :: Plague (n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague..
Hellenic :: Hellenic (n.) The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander..
Gavelkind :: Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent..
Timepleaser :: Timepleaser (n.) One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver..
Beauty :: Beauty (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
Fashionable :: Fashionable (a.) Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress..
Romanesque :: Romanesque (a.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th..
Prevalent :: Prevalent (a.) Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious..
Heathendom :: Heathendom (n.) That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively..
Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
Sectarian :: Sectarian (n.) One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state..
Brocatel :: Brocatel (n.) A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality..
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day..
Dominant :: Dominant (a.) Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power..
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