"prævaile" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: prævailes [present, singular, third-person], prævailing [participle, present], prævailed [participle, past], prævailed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} prævaile (third-person singular simple present prævailes, present participle prævailing, simple past and past participle prævailed)
  1. Obsolete form of prevail. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: prevail
    Sense id: en-prævaile-en-verb-C~yK4vuO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for prævaile meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

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