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prævaling

prævaling is the obsolete form of prevailing.

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 prævaling

comparativemore prævaling
superlativemost prævaling

Questions about prævaling

What is prævaling the obsolete form of?
Prævaling is the obsolete form of prevailing.

Words near prævaling in the dictionary

  1. prævails
  2. prævale
  3. prævaled
  4. prævalent
  5. prævales
  6. prævaling
  7. prævaricate
  8. prævent
  9. prævented
  10. præventing
  11. prævents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prævaling (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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