† prevalescentadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praevalēscent-, praevalēscēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin praevalēscent-, praevalēscēns, present participle of praevalēscere to become dominant < praevalēre prevail v. + -ēscere (see -escent suffix).

Obsolete.

Becoming prevalent or ascendant; powerful.

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1649 Serious Epist. to Mr. W. Prynne 4 To cast up things un-alter'd..derives it selfe to the others, and nourishing up a prevalescent humour begets at last a disease.

1653 J. Hall Paradoxes 56 In the primitive times..our reason was not deprav'd with long traditionall customes, nor tinctured by any prevalescent humour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	prevalescent
释义	† prevalescentadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praevalēscent-, praevalēscēns. Etymology: < classical Latin praevalēscent-, praevalēscēns, present participle of praevalēscere to become dominant < praevalēre prevail v. + -ēscere (see -escent suffix). Obsolete. Becoming prevalent or ascendant; powerful. ΚΠ 1649 Serious Epist. to Mr. W. Prynne 4 To cast up things un-alter'd..derives it selfe to the others, and nourishing up a prevalescent humour begets at last a disease. 1653 J. Hall Paradoxes 56 In the primitive times..our reason was not deprav'd with long traditionall customes, nor tinctured by any prevalescent humour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1649
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