Word Meanings - PREVAILINGLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
So as to prevail.
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So as to prevail. - PREVAIL
1. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek - PREVAILMENT
Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. Shak. - PREVAILING
1. Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive. Shak. Saints shall assist thee with prevailing prayers. Rowe. 2. Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion. Syn.