Both Uses of
prevalent
in
Bleak House
- But Volumnia the fair, being subject to the prevalent complaint of boredom and finding that disorder attacking her spirits with some virulence, ventures at length to repair to the library for change of scene.†
Chpt 55-57
- At feasts and festivals also, in firmaments she has often graced, and among constellations she outshone but yesterday, she is still the prevalent subject.†
Chpt 58-60 *
Definition:
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(prevalent) encountered commonly