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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Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait..
Bedlam :: Bedlam (n.) Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.
Heretic :: Heretic (n.) One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.
Get :: Get (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
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..
Prevailingly :: Prevailingly (adv.) So as to prevail.
Predominant :: Predominant (a.) Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence..
Renaissance :: Renaissance (n.) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.
Prepollent :: Prepollent (a.) Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.
Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To lead on; to influence; to prevail on; to incite; to move by persuasion or influence.
Win :: Win (v. i.) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Seducer :: Seducer (n.) One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions..
Alamode :: Alamode (adv. & a.) According to the fashion or prevailing mode.
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause..
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
Rubican :: Rubican (a.) Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses..
Disposition :: Disposition (n.) Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind..
Christendom :: Christendom (n.) That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands..
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..
Popular :: Popular (a.) Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease..
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