Definition of Prevailed

1. Verb. (past of prevail) ¹

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Definition of Prevailed

1. prevail [v] - See also: prevail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevailed

pretzels
preunification
preunion
preunions
preunite
preunited
preunites
preuniting
preuniversity
preurban
preux chevalier
prev
prevacation
prevail
prevail upon
prevailed (current term)
prevailer
prevailers
prevaileth
prevailing
prevailing parties
prevailing party
prevailing westerly
prevailing wind
prevailingly
prevailment
prevails
prevalant
prevalence
prevalences

Literary usage of Prevailed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Jane Austen's Works by Jane Austen, James Edward Austen-Leigh (1882)
"... they were prevailed on to stay nearly two months at the Park, and to assist in the due celebration of that festival which requires a more than ordinary ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(68) But the name of Constantinople(69) has prevailed over the honourable epithet ; and, ... faithful to the mode of superstition which prevailed in ..."

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