All 4 Uses of
prevail
in
Wuthering Heights
- And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.†
Chpt 2 *
- He struggled long to keep up an equality with Catherine in her studies, and yielded with poignant though silent regret: but he yielded completely; and there was no prevailing on him to take a step in the way of moving upward, when he found he must, necessarily, sink beneath his former level.†
Chpt 8
- 'She got steeped in the shower of yesterday evening, and there she has sat the night through, and I couldn't prevail on her to stir.'†
Chpt 9
- Notwithstanding, my journey homeward was sadder than my journey thither; and many misgivings I had, ere I could prevail on myself to put the missive into Mrs. Linton's hand.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(prevail as in: reason will prevail) prove superior or win