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Webster 1913 Edition
Prevailing
Pre-vail′ing
,Adj.
1.
Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.
Shak.
Saints shall assist thee with
prevailing
prayers. Rowe.
2.
Predominant; prevalent; most general;
as, the
prevailing
disease of a climate; a prevailing
opinion.
Syn. See
Prevalent
. Webster 1828 Edition
Prevailing
PREVA'ILING
,ppr.
1.
a. Predominant; having more influence; prevalent; superior in power. The love of money and the love of power are the prevailing passions of men.2.
Efficacious. Saints shall assist thee with prevailing prayers.
3.
Predominant; most general; as the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion. Intemperance is the prevailing vice of many countries.