Word: prevailed
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pre
vailed
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of prevail; be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
Morphemes:
Affix: prevail
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae
Language: la
Decoded: prae
Meaning: before
Affix: valeō
Language: la
Decoded: valeo
Meaning: be able or powerful
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.