Both Uses of
prevalent
in
David Copperfield
- The only circumstance which gave me any new hope, was my aunt's stopping on the stairs to inquire about a smell of fire that was prevalent there; and janet's replying that she had been making tinder down in the kitchen, of my old shirt.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- I found as prevalent a fashion in the form of the penitence, as I had left outside in the forms of the coats and waistcoats in the windows of the tailors' shops.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(prevalent) encountered commonly