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Prevalent


PREV'ALENT, adjective Gaining advantage or superiority; victorious.

Brennus told the Roman embassadors, that prevalent arms were as good as any title.

1. Powerful; efficacious; successful; as prevalent supplications.

2. Predominant; most generally received or current; as a prevalent opinion.

3. Predominant; most general; extensively existing; as a prevalent disease.