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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'prevail' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions prevail verb  (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others. Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag. (intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence. In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe. (intransitive) To succeed in persuade, persuading or induce, inducing. I prevailed on him to wait. Translations:  Etymology: From prívalere.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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