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Avail :: Avail (n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail..

Prepollent :: Prepollent (a.) Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.

Era :: Era (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.

Envelop :: Envelop (n.) A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine..

Inveil :: Inveil (v. t.) To cover, as with a vail..

Countervailing :: Countervailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countervai.

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..

Scrub :: Scrub (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc..

Refute :: Refute (v. t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant..

Unvail :: Unvail (v. t. & i.) See Unveil.

Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..

Militia :: Militia (n.) In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies..

Lamaism :: Lamaism (n.) A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama..

Prevailingly :: Prevailingly (adv.) So as to prevail.

Get :: Get (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.

Ton :: Ton (n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton..

Profit :: Profit (n.) To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men..

Zechstein :: Zechstein (n.) The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.

Timepleaser :: Timepleaser (n.) One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver..

Countervail :: Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate..

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