Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prævail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: præ-vail
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete spelling of prevail.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…]; firſt prævailed upon him to inveſt Fortune in ſuch a ſpecious diſguise, under which he might, with leſs diſhonour to his owne Intellectuals, advance her to the reputation of a Deity, and adore her."
"[…]; ſo that his Sentences muſt prævail in thoſe preſſing emergencies when your Nugatory animadverſions are exploded and derided."
"This ſame Abſurdity prævails here too, it ſeems—O fye upon it! for this is the Phraſe uſed by Thoſe who are to be the new Biſhop;"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

prævails (present, singular) prævailing (participle, present) prævailed (participle, past) prævailed (past)

Questions

What does prævail mean?: Obsolete spelling of prevail.

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