"prevaile" meaning in All languages combined

See prevaile on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: prevailes [present, singular, third-person], prevailing [participle, present], prevailed [participle, past], prevailed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} prevaile (third-person singular simple present prevailes, present participle prevailing, simple past and past participle prevailed)
  1. Obsolete spelling of prevail. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: prevail
    Sense id: en-prevaile-en-verb-s5OGOfE5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1577, Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence:",
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