Prevail means to successfully persuade someone of something. If you were a Presidential advisor and you convinced him to make a National Day of Pet Appreciation, then you prevailed upon him to recognize pets.
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.
Verb
use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"
Verb
prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"
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be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
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continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
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be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to
be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the
practice prevails this day.
v. i.
To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I
prevailedon him to wait.
Prevail
When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
So David prevailed over the Philistine.
This kingdom could never prevail against the united power of England.2.
This custom makes the short-sighted bigots, and the warier skeptics, as far as it prevails.3.
He was prevailed with to restrain the Earl.
Prevail upon some judicious friend to be your constant hearer, and allow him the utmost freedom.
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.
Usage Examples
Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail.
May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare that the education of children may no longer be to parent and master a lottery, in which the prizes bear no proportion to the enormous number of blanks.
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose equal faith it was that this society is sick beyond saving, and that mercy itself pleads for its swift extinction and replacement by another.
The enemies of freedom will not prevail.
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us but, with the help of God, we will prevail.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.
I do see women voters shifting to the Republican Party and doing so significantly. And the issue that's doing this is the fear the federal government will prevail in making the Affordable Health Care Act permanent law and how that will hurt small businesses.
The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail.
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.
By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.
I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.
Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards.
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