prevailment

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noun

prevalence; superior influence or efficacy

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Meanings

nounprevailment (countable and uncountable, plural prevailments)

plural prevailments

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableprevalence; superior influence or efficacy

    messengers Of strong preuailment in vnhardned youth

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

Origin

From prevail + -ment.

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prevailment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevailment

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“prevailment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevailment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prevailment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevailment.

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