prevailentadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈveɪl(ə)nt/, U.S.

/prəˈveɪl(ə)nt/,

/priˈveɪl(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevail v., -ent suffix.

Etymology: < prevail v. + -ent suffix. Compare earlier prevalent adj.

Formerly: †powerful, influential; = prevalent adj. 1a (obsolete). In later use: widespread, pervasive; = prevalent adj. 3. Cf. prevailant adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly

mightyeOE

strongeOE

virtuous1340

rich?c1450

prevalent?a1475

energical1565

powerful?1567

powerable1580

magnipotent1599

virulent1599

validous1603

Herculanean1604

multipotent1609

energetical1610

prevailent1623

energetic1642

valid1656

energic1663

drastic1808

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent

commona1325

generala1393

usual1396

popular?a1425

riveda1513

vulgarc1550

current1563

afloat1571

widespread1582

penny-rife1606

catholic1607

spacious1610

epidemical1614

epidemial1616

epidemic1617

prevailent1623

regnant1623

fashionablea1627

wide-spreading1655

endemical1658

prevalent1658

endemiala1682

obtaining1682

prevailing1682

endemious1684

sterling1696

running1697

(as) common as dirt (also muck)1737

prevailant1794

exoteric1814

endemic1852

widish1864

prolate1882

going1909

society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > influential

mightyOE

substantial?c1450

prevalent?a1475

grave1541

upstantial1590

prevailent1623

influxive1624

weighty1662

momentous1667

influentiala1734

influencive1809

high-power1906

high-powered1917

1623 Experimentall Discoverie Spanish Practises 10 Vpon..mature deliberation, reasons were alleged pro & contra, amongst which, in my iudgement, some are most prevailent reasons.

1682 A. Behn City-heiress Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Plain Demonstration..is ever more powerful and prevailent than Precept, or even Preaching it self.

1700 E. Ward Labour in Vain 12 Writing and Teaching..to perswade Men by Arguments, Conducing to self Interest, (which in all other Cases is prevailent) to Practice Piety, Honesty and Civility.

1857 H. Melville Confidence-man vii. 54 Considering that goodness is no such rare thing in men..it was curious that what so signalized the stranger..among the crowd..was but the expression of so prevailent a quality.

1930 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 11 Apr. 12/4 Lasting unity..prevails beneath manifold outward differences and is now more prevailent than ever before.

2004 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 6 Feb. 26 A pattern that is all too prevailent throughout the arts scene in Northern Ireland.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prevailent
释义	prevailentadj. Brit. /prᵻˈveɪl(ə)nt/, U.S. /prəˈveɪl(ə)nt/, /priˈveɪl(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevail v., -ent suffix. Etymology: < prevail v. + -ent suffix. Compare earlier prevalent adj. Formerly: †powerful, influential; = prevalent adj. 1a (obsolete). In later use: widespread, pervasive; = prevalent adj. 3. Cf. prevailant adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly mightyeOE strongeOE virtuous1340 rich?c1450 prevalent?a1475 energical1565 powerful?1567 powerable1580 magnipotent1599 virulent1599 validous1603 Herculanean1604 multipotent1609 energetical1610 prevailent1623 energetic1642 valid1656 energic1663 drastic1808 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent commona1325 generala1393 usual1396 popular?a1425 riveda1513 vulgarc1550 current1563 afloat1571 widespread1582 penny-rife1606 catholic1607 spacious1610 epidemical1614 epidemial1616 epidemic1617 prevailent1623 regnant1623 fashionablea1627 wide-spreading1655 endemical1658 prevalent1658 endemiala1682 obtaining1682 prevailing1682 endemious1684 sterling1696 running1697 (as) common as dirt (also muck)1737 prevailant1794 exoteric1814 endemic1852 widish1864 prolate1882 going1909 society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > influential mightyOE substantial?c1450 prevalent?a1475 grave1541 upstantial1590 prevailent1623 influxive1624 weighty1662 momentous1667 influentiala1734 influencive1809 high-power1906 high-powered1917 1623 Experimentall Discoverie Spanish Practises 10 Vpon..mature deliberation, reasons were alleged pro & contra, amongst which, in my iudgement, some are most prevailent reasons. 1682 A. Behn City-heiress Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Plain Demonstration..is ever more powerful and prevailent than Precept, or even Preaching it self. 1700 E. Ward Labour in Vain 12 Writing and Teaching..to perswade Men by Arguments, Conducing to self Interest, (which in all other Cases is prevailent) to Practice Piety, Honesty and Civility. 1857 H. Melville Confidence-man vii. 54 Considering that goodness is no such rare thing in men..it was curious that what so signalized the stranger..among the crowd..was but the expression of so prevailent a quality. 1930 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 11 Apr. 12/4 Lasting unity..prevails beneath manifold outward differences and is now more prevailent than ever before. 2004 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 6 Feb. 26 A pattern that is all too prevailent throughout the arts scene in Northern Ireland. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1623
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