Both Uses of
prevail
in
The Age of Innocence
- Old-fashioned New York dined at seven, and the habit of after-dinner calls, though derided in Archer's set, still generally prevailed.†
Chpt 12 *
- They had simply, as Mrs. Welland said, "let poor Ellen find her own level"—and that, mortifyingly and incomprehensibly, was in the dim depths where the Blenkers prevailed, and "people who wrote" celebrated their untidy rites.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(prevail as in: reason will prevail) prove superior or win