Noah Webster
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.