Both Uses of
prevalent
in
Mansfield Park
- The elegance, propriety, regularity, harmony, and perhaps, above all, the peace and tranquillity of Mansfield, were brought to her remembrance every hour of the day, by the prevalence of everything opposite to them here.†
Chpt 39
- I need not say how rejoiced I shall be to hear there has been any mistake, but the report is so prevalent that I confess I cannot help trembling.†
Chpt 45 *
Definition:
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(prevalent) encountered commonly