prevailment en · NOUN
Etymology
From prevail + -ment.
Meanings
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) prevalence; 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]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prevailments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |