Prevail is valid Scrabble Word

Is prevail a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is prevail valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

7 letters word
12 points in Scrabble
15 points in WWF

Definitions for PREVAIL in dictionary:

VERB:

to triumph
prove more powerful or superior
be widespread or current in a particular area or at a particular time
persuade (someone) to do something
gain mastery
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.
To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day.
To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait.
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
be valid, applicable, or true

Words related to PREVAIL

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Words that contain PREVAIL

prevails13 prevailed15 prevailer14 prevailers15 prevailing16 prevailment18 prevailingly21 prevailments19 unprevailing18

How to use PREVAIL in a sentence

Now, on the other hand, a scientific cookery began to prevail.
Whenever I have been able to prevail upon a girl to permit me to attend her to a play, I have thought myself sure of her.
I could not at first prevail upon them to tell me what was the matter.
He therefore spared no pains to prevail on them to cross the Atlantic, and settle on some small farm in one of the western States.
Our crimes would soon weigh down the guilty scale, But James and Mary, and the Church, prevail.
He then entreated her to remain till refreshment could be offered, but in this he could not prevail.
When thou art rich and great, and high in favour with all, then perchance thou canst prevail even with our stern father, and win his leave to carry hence thy poor little sister.
For on this point also grievous and dangerous views and practices prevail.
Morley, and will try to prevail with your brother to return you 8 pounds with interest.
The King, the mass of the substantial people of the whole country, the army, and the influential part of the clergy, form a firm phalanx which must prevail.

Surely, in so great a case, substance, and not form, should prevail.
Whether it will prevail is more than any prophet can say.
These will prevail, and finally absorb every thing else.
If they are ever settled at all, and settled right, it must be in an atmosphere of mutual recognition and respect, such as Masonry seeks to create and make prevail.
Great confusion and diversity of opinion prevail as to the real views of the man whose writings have agitated the whole world, scientific and religious.
President, never! never! Other and better counsels will yet prevail.
The adaptation, of this architecture to the peculiar environment indicates that it has long been practiced under the same conditions that now prevail.
Yet as our offences may prevail over our prayers, let us prepare our minds for times of trial.
Therefore, my Muse, draw up thy flowing sail, And acclamate a gentle hail With all thy art and metaphors, which must prevail.
Park spent the 2nd of March, in endeavouring to prevail on his people to proceed with him, but so great was their dread of the moors, that they absolutely refused.
Arnold did not without reluctance enter into religious controversy, but when once entered he did his best to make order and reason prevail there.
Should France prevail? Should England prevail? With the growth of their colonies, both the English and the French felt their rivalry sharpened.
After much time had been wasted in a fruitless attempt to prevail upon her to reconsider her words, the court proceeded according to the usual form, to pass sentence.
For the Israelites shall not be punished, and the sword shall not prevail against them, except they sin against their God.
So long as the adoption of this amendment is delayed, so long will doubt and jealousy and uncertainty prevail.
The old superstitions prevail among them to an extent greater than is generally understood.
Allen of Pembroke, hoped the motion to read the petition would not prevail.
At the same time, however, there is a certain PITCH or key, which seems, on the whole, to prevail.
It is really very curious to observe how, even in modern times, the arts of discouragement prevail.
He was a match for Sun in all the magic arts, but through the aid of Pa-chieh and the help of the local gods sent by the Master the Monkey was able to prevail against him.
He had put forth all his power in a passionate and convulsive effort to prevail over the soul of this delicate girl, and he had been worsted in the brief, silent struggle.
You have seen in summer a gentle rain prevail, until, all at once, a plump came that covered the ground with streams of water.

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