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prævailing

prævailing is the obsolete spelling of prevailing.

prævailing is the present participle and gerund of prævail.

Meaning of prevailing

Adjective

prevailing (comparative more prevailing, superlative most prevailing)

  1. Predominant; of greatest force.
    • The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.
  2. Prevalent, common, widespread.
    • Fever and dysentery are the most prevailing diseases in this division, more particularly the latter, which is one of the most destructive amongst the troops in India, and particularly so in the European constitution.1829, James Annesley, Sketches of the Most Prevalent Diseases of India, page 247
    Synonyms:
    pervasive

Forms of prævailing

comparativemore prævailing
superlativemost prævailing

Questions about prævailing

What is prævailing the obsolete spelling of?
Prævailing is the obsolete spelling of prevailing.

Words near prævailing in the dictionary

  1. prætors
  2. prævail
  3. prævaile
  4. prævailed
  5. prævailes
  6. prævailing
  7. prævails
  8. prævale
  9. prævaled
  10. prævalent
  11. prævales

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prævailing (page history and authors); prevailing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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