Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prevail
Participle: prevailed
Gerund: prevailing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prevail |
| you | prevail |
| he;she;it | prevails |
| we | prevail |
| you | prevail |
| they | prevail |
Perfect
| I | have prevailed |
| you | have prevailed |
| he;she;it | has prevailed |
| we | have prevailed |
| you | have prevailed |
| they | have prevailed |
Past
| I | prevailed |
| you | prevailed |
| he;she;it | prevailed |
| we | prevailed |
| you | prevailed |
| they | prevailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had prevailed |
| you | had prevailed |
| he;she;it | had prevailed |
| we | had prevailed |
| you | had prevailed |
| they | had prevailed |
Future
| I | will prevail |
| you | will prevail |
| he;she;it | will prevail |
| we | will prevail |
| you | will prevail |
| they | will prevail |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prevailed |
| you | will have prevailed |
| he;she;it | will have prevailed |
| we | will have prevailed |
| you | will have prevailed |
| they | will have prevailed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prevail |
| you | prevail |
| he;she;it | prevail |
| we | prevail |
| you | prevail |
| they | prevail |
Perfect
| I | have prevailed |
| you | have prevailed |
| he;she;it | have prevailed |
| we | have prevailed |
| you | have prevailed |
| they | have prevailed |
Imperfect
| I | prevailed |
| you | prevailed |
| he;she;it | prevailed |
| we | prevailed |
| you | prevailed |
| they | prevailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had prevailed |
| you | had prevailed |
| he;she;it | had prevailed |
| we | had prevailed |
| you | had prevailed |
| they | had prevailed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prevail |
| you | would prevail |
| he;she;it | would prevail |
| we | would prevail |
| you | would prevail |
| they | would prevail |
Perfect
| I | would have prevailed |
| you | would have prevailed |
| he;she;it | would have prevailed |
| we | would have prevailed |
| you | would have prevailed |
| they | would have prevailed |
Imperative
| you | prevail |
| we | Let's prevail |
| you | prevail |
Verbs conjugated like 'prevail'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prevail'
prebait,
preboil,
reavail,
rebail,
rejail,
remail,
renail,
rerail,
resail,
retail,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English prevailen, from Old French prevaler, from Latin praevaleō (“be very able or more able, be superior, prevail”), from prae (“before”) + valeō (“be able or powerful”). Displaced native Old English rīcsian. See: Latin '
praevaleō'.
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