prevailent

English

Adjective

prevailent (comparative more prevailent, superlative most prevailent)

  1. (now nonstandard) Alternative form of prevalent
    • 1797, Robert Heron, A Collection of Late Voyages and Travels, page 237:
      They carry their respect for it very far; and this respect for the beard is equally prevailent amongst the Turks, and all the Christians of the East.
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