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MCB (iou) and prevail (iou)


MCB (iou)



MCB abbreviation.
Miniature circuit-breaker.

prevail (iou)



prevail verb. LME.
[Latin praevalere have greater power, from prae PRE- + valere (see VAIL verb1), with assim. to AVAIL verb.]
verb intrans. Become very strong; gain vigour or force, increase in strength. rare. LME-M18.
verb intrans. Be superior in strength or influence; have or gain the advantage; be victorious. (Foll. by against, over.) LME.
W. Salmon It..prevails against all cold Diseases of the Head, Brain, Nerves and Womb. A. G. Gardiner In the end the moral law prevails over the law of the jungle. D. Lessing On you go, jolly and optimistic that right will prevail.
verb intrans. Be effectual or efficacious; succeed. LME.
b. verb trans. = prevail on below. L15-M19.
verb trans. & intrans. Be of advantage or use (to); = AVAIL verb 1. LME-E17.
b. verb intrans. & refl. Make use of; obtain the benefit of; = AVAIL verb 2. Only in 17.
verb intrans.
a. Be or become the more widespread or more usual; predominate. E17.
International Affairs The tensions and conflict that have long prevailed in the Gulf.
b. Be in General use or practice; be prevalent or current; exist. L18.
P. G. Wodehouse In the drawing-room a tense silence prevailed. A. Fraser Those who had decided to sit out the times until better ones prevailed.
With prepositions in specialized senses: prevail on, prevail upon succeed in persuading, inducing, or influencing.
prevailer noun (now rare) a person who prevails E17.
prevailment noun (rare) the action or fact of prevailing L16-M17.