Definition of prevail

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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..

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Prevailing :: Prevailing (a.) Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion..
Triumph :: Triumph (v. t.) To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph..
Beauty :: Beauty (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Fashionable :: Fashionable (a.) Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress..
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc..
Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
Ton :: Ton (n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton..
Conquer :: Conquer (v. i.) To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.
Fashionable :: Fashionable (a.) Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man..
Regime :: Regime (n.) Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system..
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..
Mode :: Mode (n.) Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode..
Prevailing :: Prevailing (a.) Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.
Work :: Work (v. t.) To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.
Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East..
Obtain :: Obtain (v. i.) To prevail; to succeed.
Get :: Get (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
Heathendom :: Heathendom (n.) That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively..
Era :: Era (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
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