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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Prevail \Pre*vail"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prevailed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Prevailing.] [F. pr['e]valoir, OF. prevaleir, L.
     praevalere; prae before + valere to be strong, able, or
     worth. See Valiant.]
     1. 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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              When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and
              when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. --Ex.
                                                    xvii. 11.
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              So David prevailed over the Philistine. --1 Sam.
                                                    xvii. 50.
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              This kingdom could never prevail against the united
              power of England.                     --Swift.
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     2. To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be
        predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain;
        as, the practice prevails this day.
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              This custom makes the short-sighted bigots, and the
              warier skeptics, as far as it prevails. --Locke.
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     3. To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I
        prevailedon him to wait.
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              He was prevailed with to restrain the Earl.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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              Prevail upon some judicious friend to be your
              constant hearer, and allow him the utmost freedom.
                                                    --Swift.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Prevail \Pre*vail"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prevailed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Prevailing.] [F. pr['e]valoir, OF. prevaleir, L.
     praevalere; prae before + valere to be strong, able, or
     worth. See Valiant.]
     1. 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.
  
              When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and
              when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. --Ex.
                                                    xvii. 11.
  
              So David prevailed over the Philistine. --1 Sam.
                                                    xvii. 50.
  
              This kingdom could never prevail against the united
              power of England.                     --Swift.
  
     2. To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be
        predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain;
        as, the practice prevails this day.
  
              This custom makes the short-sighted bigots, and the
              warier skeptics, as far as it prevails. --Locke.
  
     3. To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I
        prevailedon him to wait.
  
              He was prevailed with to restrain the Earl.
                                                    --Clarendon.
  
              Prevail upon some judicious friend to be your
              constant hearer, and allow him the utmost freedom.
                                                    --Swift.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  prevail
       v 1: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;
            "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in
            this neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule,
             reign]
       2: be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"
          [syn: hold, obtain]
       3: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of
          Elvis endures" [syn: persist, die hard, run, endure]
       4: prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a
          hard fight" [syn: triumph]
       5: use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit
          his parents"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prevail
     Αγγλικά vb.
     επικρατώ, υπερισχύω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prevail
     vb.
     (lb en 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.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  prevail
     vb.
     (lb en 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  prevail
     vb.
     (lb en 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  prevail
     vb.
     (lb en 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.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prevail
     Englanti vb.
     1 hallita, olla ylivoimainen
     2 olla laajalle levinnyt
     3 saada taivutelluksi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prevail
     Engelska vb.
     1 övertala, råda
     2 förhärska, bestå, stå sig
     3 förmå, beveka
     4 (tagg militärt språk=en) segra

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  prevail /pɹɪvˈeɪl/
  bemeester

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Prevail /pɹɪvˈeɪl/
  سد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  prevail //pɹɪˈveɪl// 
  1. преобладавам
  To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence
  2. преодолявам
  To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand
  3. убеждавам, уговарям
  To succeed in persuading or inducing