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Imprevalence
Imprevalence Im*prev"a*lence, Imprevalency Im*prev"a*len*cy, n. Want of prevalence. [Obs.]
Imprevalency
Imprevalence Im*prev"a*lence, Imprevalency Im*prev"a*len*cy, n. Want of prevalence. [Obs.]
Omniprevalent
Omniprevalent Om`ni*prev"a*lent, a. [Omni- + prevalent.] Prevalent everywhere or in all things. --Fuller.
Prevailing
Prevailing Pre*vail"ing, a. 1. Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive. --Shak. Saints shall assist thee with prevailing prayers. --Rowe. 2. Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion. Syn: Syn. See Prevalent.
Prevailingly
Prevailingly Pre*vail"ing*ly, adv. So as to prevail.
Prevailment
Prevailment Pre*vail"ment, n. Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. [Obs.] --Shak.
Prevalency
Prevalency Prev"a*len*cy, n. See Prevalence.
Prevalent
Prevalent Prev"a*lent, a. [L. praevalens, -entis, p. pr. of praevalere. See Prevail.] 1. Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious. Brennus told the Roman embassadors, that prevalent arms were as good as any title. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease. This was the most received and prevalent opinion. --Woodward. Syn: Prevailing; predominant; successful; efficacious; powerful. Usage: Prevalent, Prevailing. What customarily prevails is prevalent; as, a prevalent fashion. What actually prevails is prevailing; as, the prevailing winds are west. Hence, prevailing is the livelier and more pointed word, since it represents a thing in action. It is sometimes the stronger word, since a thing may prevail sufficiently to be called prevalent, and yet require greater strength to make it actually prevailing.
Prevalently
Prevalently Prev"a*lent"ly, adv. In a prevalent manner. --Prior.
Prevaricate
Prevaricate Pre*var"i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prevaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prevaricating.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See Varicose.] 1. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. He prevaricates with his own understanding. --South. 2. (Civil Law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. 3. (Eng. Law) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Syn: To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. Usage: Prevaricate, Evade, Equivocate. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but really turns aside to some other point. He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning, so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth, though he does in fact deceive, and intends to do it. He who prevaricates talks all round the question, hoping to ``dodge' it, and disclose nothing.
Prevaricate
Prevaricate Pre*var"i*cate, v. t. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Prevaricated
Prevaricate Pre*var"i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prevaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prevaricating.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See Varicose.] 1. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. He prevaricates with his own understanding. --South. 2. (Civil Law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. 3. (Eng. Law) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Syn: To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. Usage: Prevaricate, Evade, Equivocate. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but really turns aside to some other point. He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning, so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth, though he does in fact deceive, and intends to do it. He who prevaricates talks all round the question, hoping to ``dodge' it, and disclose nothing.
Prevaricating
Prevaricate Pre*var"i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prevaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prevaricating.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See Varicose.] 1. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. He prevaricates with his own understanding. --South. 2. (Civil Law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. 3. (Eng. Law) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Syn: To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. Usage: Prevaricate, Evade, Equivocate. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but really turns aside to some other point. He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning, so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth, though he does in fact deceive, and intends to do it. He who prevaricates talks all round the question, hoping to ``dodge' it, and disclose nothing.

Meaning of Preva from wikipedia

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- Hammond, The Genius of Alexander the Great. Prevas 52 Prevas 55 Prevas 60 Prevas 64–65 Prevas 69 Prevas 71 Siegfried Lauffer, Alexander der Große. third...
- and Cultural History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509742-9. Prevas, John (2004). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey...
- Art of Strategy. Gotham. p. 134. ISBN 1-59240-053-1. Prevas 19 Prevas 23 Prevas 27 Prevas 33 Prevas, John (2005). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's...
- the ****polis Palace", The classical Quarterly 42 (2), p. 358-364. John Prevas (2005). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey Across...
- Dictionary of Tajikistan. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-5381-0252-7. Prevas, John. (2004). Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey...
- Volume II. Harvard University Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-674-99152-4. John, Prevas (26 September 2017). Hannibal's oath : the life and wars of Rome's greatest...
- Lancel, Serge (1999). Hannibal. Wiley. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-631-21848-7. Prevas, John (2009). Hannibal Crosses the Alps: The Invasion of Italy and the Punic...
- Publishing Limited. p. 18. ISBN 9781789694192. Lancel, Serge, (1999), 71 Prevas (2001), 68–69 Beattie, (2006), 27 Beattie, (2006), 28–31 Beattie, (2006)...