Meaning of prævail | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of prevail.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“[…]; firſt prævailed upon him to inveſt Fortune in ſuch a ſpecious diſguise, under which he might, with leſs diſhonour to his owne Intellectuals, advance her to the reputation of a Deity, and adore her.”

“[…]; ſo that his Sentences muſt prævail in thoſe preſſing emergencies when your Nugatory animadverſions are exploded and derided.”

“This ſame Abſurdity prævails here too, it ſeems—O fye upon it! for this is the Phraſe uſed by Thoſe who are to be the new Biſhop;”

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