prevalentadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈprɛv(ə)lənt/,

/ˈprɛvl̩(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈprɛv(ə)lənt/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s preualent, 1500s– prevalent.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praevalent-, praevalēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin praevalent-, praevalēns very strong or powerful, use as adjective of present participle of praevalēre prevail v. Compare also French prévalent (1710), Spanish prevalente (1551 in an apparently isolated attestation; subsequently from 1730), Italian prevalente (14th cent.).

A. adj.

†1.

a. Having great power or force; effective, powerful; influential, potent; that prevails with or against (a person or thing). Obsolete.

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

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

mightyOE

substantial?c1450

prevalent?a1475

grave1541

upstantial1590

prevailent1623

influxive1624

weighty1662

momentous1667

influentiala1734

influencive1809

high-power1906

high-powered1917

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 17 (MED) Truly, there is noo thynge more preualent [L. nihil..prævalet] ageyne the dominy of nature then that nature.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 67 Neither these, nor those consolations..ought not to seeme so preualent and effectuall, as the verie state it selfe of our citie.

1624 T. Taylor 2 Serm. ii. 23 Lifting up hands, and praiers, which are powerfull and prevalent against Amalek.

1642 Declar. Lords & Commons setting forth Grounds to take up Defensive Arms 3 Aug. 15 Ill-affected persons, who are so prevalent with His Majestie.

1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks iii. 106 Love is more prevalent in obtaining what you desire than fear.

1796 E. Burke Let. to C. J. Fox in Wks. (1842) II. 389 He, and those who are much prevalent with him.

1805 T. Holcroft Mem. Bryan Perdue I. 265 Of all other instruction, that of example is the most prevalent.

1828 A. Jolly Observ. Sunday Services 42 Praying in faith..we may humbly hope that our prayers shall be prevalent.

b. Of a medicine, treatment, etc.: efficacious, potent. Also with against. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > efficacious > supremely effective

singulara1340

sovereign1377

magistral1574

maystrial1576

virtuous1582

prevalent1615

prevailing1706

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 126 A kind of Rue..much in request..esteeming it preualent against hurtfull spirits.

1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 7 Pils are more preualent then electuaries in this disease.

1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 149 Cider..is also prevalent against the Stone.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 163 A most prevalent Thing against the Green-Sickness.

1800 J. Chambers Pocket Herbal 257 Electuary of Piony... It is prevalent against the Falling Sickness.

2. Having the superiority or ascendancy; predominant, powerful, victorious. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective]

prevailinga1586

overmastering1613

prevalent1614

mastering1694

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §15. 511 But the yong Nephew..regarded only the things present; the weakenesse of Rome; the preualent fortunes of Carthage.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. xlv. 12 (note) The Puritans, though then prevalent, did not think proper to dispute this great constitutional point.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 79 The gross injustice, insolence, and cruelty of the party which was prevalent at Dort.

1887 Bayard Let. 31 May in Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation (1917) 17 9 A career of embittered rivalries.., in which victory means the destruction of an adjacent prosperity without gain to the prevalent party.

3. Widespread in a particular area or at a particular time; generally occurring or existing; pervasive.

ΘΚΠ

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

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall i. 5 Which..from that time spread, and became the prevalent practice.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 24 It is conjectured..that the Satyrical Itch, so prevalent in this Part of our Island, was first brought among us from beyond the Tweed.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 15 The false notion..so universally, so absurdly prevalent.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 144 The watermark most prevalent..is found on the paper of books printed by Lucas Brandis de Schass.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xv. 139 The most prevalent winds in Europe are the N.E. and S.W.

1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board IV. xxxv. 271 The cholera was prevalent in that year.

1923 Nature 24 Mar. 411/2 It appears that all the recognised diseases are prevalent.

1996 Independent 3 Jan. (Suppl.) 18/1 The risk of robbery is a more familiar and more prevalent threat to travellers.

B. n.

Something pervasive, widespread, or common; a predominant feature or phenomenon. Also, in later use: (Ecology) a prevalent species. Cf. prevalency n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > generality or prevalence

coursec1325

publicness1605

rifeness1608

vulgaritya1613

vulgarnessa1613

prepotency1623

prevalency1648

prevalency1651

prevalence1682

prevailance1795

prevalent1867

1867 H. Latham Black & White 119 The complaint [sc. ague] is familiarly spoken of as the ‘Prevalent’... When the ‘Prevalent’ is very prevalent, families have to arrange not to have it all at the same time.

1872 E. Bulwer-Lytton Parisians iii. vi A lively pattern, in which the prevalents were rose-colour and white.

1939 F. E. Clements Bio-ecol. 11 Experiments designed to reveal the factors controlling the position of the prevalents in the layers of the forest.

1996 Jrnl. Vegetation Sci. 7 707/2 The sum of the constancy values of the prevalents divided by the sum of the constancy values of all the species.

Derivatives

† prevalentness n. prevalence. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1730 N. Bailey Dictionarium Britannicum Prevalentness, prevelancy.

1792 J. Ebers Vollständiges Wörterbuch I. 430/2 Prevalentness, überwiegende Macht, Ueberlegenheit, Herrschaft, Kraft.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prevalent
释义	prevalentadj.n. Brit. /ˈprɛv(ə)lənt/, /ˈprɛvl̩(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈprɛv(ə)lənt/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s preualent, 1500s– prevalent. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praevalent-, praevalēns. Etymology: < classical Latin praevalent-, praevalēns very strong or powerful, use as adjective of present participle of praevalēre prevail v. Compare also French prévalent (1710), Spanish prevalente (1551 in an apparently isolated attestation; subsequently from 1730), Italian prevalente (14th cent.). A. adj. †1. a. Having great power or force; effective, powerful; influential, potent; that prevails with or against (a person or thing). Obsolete. 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 society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > influential mightyOE substantial?c1450 prevalent?a1475 grave1541 upstantial1590 prevailent1623 influxive1624 weighty1662 momentous1667 influentiala1734 influencive1809 high-power1906 high-powered1917 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 17 (MED) Truly, there is noo thynge more preualent [L. nihil..prævalet] ageyne the dominy of nature then that nature. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 67 Neither these, nor those consolations..ought not to seeme so preualent and effectuall, as the verie state it selfe of our citie. 1624 T. Taylor 2 Serm. ii. 23 Lifting up hands, and praiers, which are powerfull and prevalent against Amalek. 1642 Declar. Lords & Commons setting forth Grounds to take up Defensive Arms 3 Aug. 15 Ill-affected persons, who are so prevalent with His Majestie. 1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks iii. 106 Love is more prevalent in obtaining what you desire than fear. 1796 E. Burke Let. to C. J. Fox in Wks. (1842) II. 389 He, and those who are much prevalent with him. 1805 T. Holcroft Mem. Bryan Perdue I. 265 Of all other instruction, that of example is the most prevalent. 1828 A. Jolly Observ. Sunday Services 42 Praying in faith..we may humbly hope that our prayers shall be prevalent. b. Of a medicine, treatment, etc.: efficacious, potent. Also with against. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > efficacious > supremely effective singulara1340 sovereign1377 magistral1574 maystrial1576 virtuous1582 prevalent1615 prevailing1706 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 126 A kind of Rue..much in request..esteeming it preualent against hurtfull spirits. 1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 7 Pils are more preualent then electuaries in this disease. 1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 149 Cider..is also prevalent against the Stone. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 163 A most prevalent Thing against the Green-Sickness. 1800 J. Chambers Pocket Herbal 257 Electuary of Piony... It is prevalent against the Falling Sickness. 2. Having the superiority or ascendancy; predominant, powerful, victorious. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] prevailinga1586 overmastering1613 prevalent1614 mastering1694 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §15. 511 But the yong Nephew..regarded only the things present; the weakenesse of Rome; the preualent fortunes of Carthage. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. xlv. 12 (note) The Puritans, though then prevalent, did not think proper to dispute this great constitutional point. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 79 The gross injustice, insolence, and cruelty of the party which was prevalent at Dort. 1887 Bayard Let. 31 May in Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation (1917) 17 9 A career of embittered rivalries.., in which victory means the destruction of an adjacent prosperity without gain to the prevalent party. 3. Widespread in a particular area or at a particular time; generally occurring or existing; pervasive. ΘΚΠ 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 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall i. 5 Which..from that time spread, and became the prevalent practice. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 24 It is conjectured..that the Satyrical Itch, so prevalent in this Part of our Island, was first brought among us from beyond the Tweed. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 15 The false notion..so universally, so absurdly prevalent. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 144 The watermark most prevalent..is found on the paper of books printed by Lucas Brandis de Schass. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xv. 139 The most prevalent winds in Europe are the N.E. and S.W. 1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board IV. xxxv. 271 The cholera was prevalent in that year. 1923 Nature 24 Mar. 411/2 It appears that all the recognised diseases are prevalent. 1996 Independent 3 Jan. (Suppl.) 18/1 The risk of robbery is a more familiar and more prevalent threat to travellers. B. n. Something pervasive, widespread, or common; a predominant feature or phenomenon. Also, in later use: (Ecology) a prevalent species. Cf. prevalency n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > generality or prevalence coursec1325 publicness1605 rifeness1608 vulgaritya1613 vulgarnessa1613 prepotency1623 prevalency1648 prevalency1651 prevalence1682 prevailance1795 prevalent1867 1867 H. Latham Black & White 119 The complaint [sc. ague] is familiarly spoken of as the ‘Prevalent’... When the ‘Prevalent’ is very prevalent, families have to arrange not to have it all at the same time. 1872 E. Bulwer-Lytton Parisians iii. vi A lively pattern, in which the prevalents were rose-colour and white. 1939 F. E. Clements Bio-ecol. 11 Experiments designed to reveal the factors controlling the position of the prevalents in the layers of the forest. 1996 Jrnl. Vegetation Sci. 7 707/2 The sum of the constancy values of the prevalents divided by the sum of the constancy values of all the species. Derivatives † prevalentness n. prevalence. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1730 N. Bailey Dictionarium Britannicum Prevalentness, prevelancy. 1792 J. Ebers Vollständiges Wörterbuch I. 430/2 Prevalentness, überwiegende Macht, Ueberlegenheit, Herrschaft, Kraft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?a1475
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