Look up: prevail

1. Prevail
   The USS Prevail was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Prevail was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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2. prevail
   [v] - be valid, applicable, or true 2. [v] - continue to exist 3. [v] - prove superior 4. [v] - use persuasion successfully
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3. Prevail
   Pre·vail' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Prevailed ; present participle & verbal noun Prevailing .] [ French prévaloir , Old French prevaleir , Latin p...
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4. prevail
   verb be valid, applicable, or true; `This theory still holds`
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5. Prevail
   • (v. i.) To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. • (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait. • (v. i.) To be in force;...
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6. prevail
   prevail 1. To be greater in influence or strength; to triumph. 2. To be or become effecive; to win out. 3. To be in current force, to use, or to effect.
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