praevalent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praevaleo, praevalere, praevalui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
prevail; have superior power/force/weight/influence/worth/efficacy (medicine);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...intercidunt ista, non pereunt, sed invicem vincunt, praevalent, cedunt. filio non potest praeferri nisi filius. Blandiar, iudices, paulisper..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quidem et probitatis spectatae, fato quodam, an quia praevalent inlicita, abhorrebat, metuebaturque, ne in stupra feminarum inlustrium prorumperet..."