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prævailing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
præ-vail-ing
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete spelling of prevailing.

Obsolete

verb

present participle and gerund of prævail

Example Sentences

  • "And I wiſh I could ſay, that this was not, in ſome degree, the prævailing turn of our age and nation."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more prævailing (comparative) most prævailing (superlative)

Questions

What does prævailing mean?
Obsolete spelling of prevailing.

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