Prevail

Verb

 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
 * In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
 * 1)  To succeed in persuading or inducing.
 * I prevailed on him to wait.

Quotations

 * to be superior in strength
 * , Exodus 17:11
 * And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Related terms

 * prevalence
 * prevalent

Adverbs for Prevail
ultimately; universally; unanimously; dominantly; uniformly; normally; imperiously; appallingly; annoyingly; turbulently.

Thesaurus
abide, affect, argue into, be, be blooded, be extant, be found, be in, be in existence, be in force, be met with, be present, be successful, be the case, be the rage, be the rule, be the thing, be there, be victorious, beat, best, bestride, better, bide, break the record, breathe, bring around, bring round, cap, carry on, catch on, click, come off, connect, continue, continue the same, continue to be, convince, defeat time, defy time, dictate, dispose, dominate, domineer, drag along, drag on, draw, drone, dwell, endure, exceed, excel, exist, extend, farewell, get, go, go great guns, go off, go on, go one better, go over, go over big, go to town, graduate, happen to be, have being, have place, have the ascendancy, hold, hold on, hold out, hum, impress, improve on, incline, induce, influence, keep, keep on, last, last long, last out, live, live on, live through, maintain, make a hit, master, meet with success, obtain, occur, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overtop, pass, perdure, perennate, perfect, persist, persuade, play first fiddle, predominate, preponderate, prompt, prosper, qualify, reign, remain, rule, rule the roost, run, run on, run through, stand, stay, stay on, subsist, succeed, surpass, survive, sustain, sway, take, take the lead, talk into, tarry, tide over, top, tower above, tower over, transcend, triumph, trump, twist, wear, wear the pants, wear well, win, win out, win over, work well, work wonders

Etymology
From prevailen: <  prevaler: <  praevaleo: < prae: + valeo:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * German: die Vorherrschaft erringen (over über), sich durchsetzen (against gegen)


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 * Finnish: taivutella, suostutella


 * : prevalecer