Definition of prevailing

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Prevailing (a.) Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.

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Predominant :: Predominant (a.) Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence..
Prevailingly :: Prevailingly (adv.) So as to prevail.
Temporizer :: Temporizer (n.) One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer..
Fashionable :: Fashionable (a.) Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress..
Harmattan :: Harmattan (n.) A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun..
Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom..
Rife :: Rife (a.) Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Prevailing :: Prevailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prevai.
Prepollent :: Prepollent (a.) Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.
Dominant :: Dominant (a.) Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power..
Prevalent :: Prevalent (a.) Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease..
Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil..
Beauty :: Beauty (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
Alamode :: Alamode (adv. & a.) According to the fashion or prevailing mode.
Tone :: Tone (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners..
Fashionable :: Fashionable (a.) Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man..
Heretic :: Heretic (n.) One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.
Regime :: Regime (n.) Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system..
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc..
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