Both Uses of
prevail
in
Washington Square
- But Lavinia will take it up, and talk to her about it; perhaps, even, if her taste for clandestine operations doesn't prevail with her, she will talk to me about it.†
Chpt 2
- As regards one point, however, her circumspection prevailed, and she must be given due credit for it.†
Chpt 32 *
Definition:
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(prevail as in: reason will prevail) prove superior or win