Meaning of prævaile | Babel Free

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [B2]

Examples

“[…]; and prævaile with me to præferre a life, that had at leaſt some credit in it, ſome place given it, before a manner of living much diſregarded and diſcountenanc’t.”

“The Condicion (although the Parents offer Payment with Thanks) I question not but will prævaile with your lo[ving] breast wherein God graciously dwells as in a Pallace of his Delight:[…]”

“The Captaine of the Caſtle turnes ſome canon upon the Towne, & by that militarie argument prævailes with them to disband.[…]How farre private inſtructions and intereſts prævaile with your Presbyteries in their elections to exauctorate all the good qualifications in the competition of Candidates, the records of your Edenburgh Tables at the begining of this Rebellion can juſtifie:[…]”

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