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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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..
Predominant :: Predominant (a.) Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence..
Prepollent :: Prepollent (a.) Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.
Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom..
Timepleaser :: Timepleaser (n.) One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver..
Reign :: Reign (n.) Hence, to be predominant; to prevail..
Win :: Win (v. i.) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Fashionable :: Fashionable (a.) Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress..
Fashionable :: Fashionable (a.) Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions..
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..
Temporizer :: Temporizer (n.) One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer..
Rife :: Rife (a.) Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.
Alamode :: Alamode (adv. & a.) According to the fashion or prevailing mode.
Beauty :: Beauty (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
Infidel :: Infidel (n.) One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker..
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..
Rubican :: Rubican (a.) Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses..
Fashionable :: Fashionable (a.) Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man..
Prevailing :: Prevailing (a.) Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.
Renaissance :: Renaissance (n.) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.
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