Syn. See Prevalent.
PREVAILINGLY
Pre*vail"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: So as to prevail.
PREVAILMENT
Pre*vail"ment, n.
Defn: Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. [Obs.] Shak.
PREVALENCE
Prev"a*lence, n. Etym: [L. praevalentia: cf. F. prévalence. See
Prevail.]
Defn: The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor. The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with him. Clarendon.
PREVALENCY
Prev"a*len*cy, n.
Defn: See Prevalence.
PREVALENT
Prev"a*lent, a. Etym: [L. praevalens, -entis, p. pr. of praevalere.
See Prevail.]