prevail | (verb) use persuasion successfully | - |
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(verb) prove superior | Synonyms: triumph |
(verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, endure, persist, run |
(verb) be valid, applicable, or true | Synonyms: hold, obtain |
(verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, predominate, reign, rule |
prevaricate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, tergiversate |
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prevent | (verb) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | Synonyms: keep |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude |
preview | (verb) watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public | - |
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previse | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, foresee |
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(verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: forewarn |