All 4 Uses of
prevalent
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Born in the neighborhood of Arles, she had shared in the beauty for which its women are proverbial; but that beauty had gradually withered beneath the devastating influence of the slow fever so prevalent among dwellers by the ponds of Aiguemortes and the marshes of Camargue.†
Chpt 25-26
- He dressed in the picturesque costume worn upon grand occasions by the inhabitants of the south of France, bearing equal resemblance to the style adopted both by the Catalans and Andalusians; while La Carconte displayed the charming fashion prevalent among the women of Arles, a mode of attire borrowed equally from Greece and Arabia.†
Chpt 25-26
- I shall do whatever they do at Paris, madame, if I have the good fortune to find some one who will initiate me into the prevalent ideas of amusement.†
Chpt 47-48 *
- "I see that you participate in a prevalent error," said Madame Danglars.†
Chpt 75-76
Definition:
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(prevalent) encountered commonly