prevailment
/prɪˈveɪlm(ə)nt/Now rare
noun
The action or fact of prevailing, influencing, or gaining ascendancy.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Linche (fl. 1596–1601), poet and translator. From prevail + -ment.
- powdered blue
- powdered sugar
- powderer
- powder flag
- powder flask
- powder gas
- powder gun
- powder horn
- powder hound
- powder house
- powder-hoy
- powderiness
- powdering closet
- powdering room
- powdering trough
- powdering tub
- powderise
- powderize
- powder keg
- powder-knife
- powderless
- powder-like
- Powderly, Terence Vincent
- powder magazine
- powderman