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prevalent

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  1. prevailing            
 
prev.a.lent \-(*-)l*nt\ aj [L praevalent-, praevalens very powerful, fr. 
   prp. of praevaleB-re archaic  1: POWERFUL  2: being in ascendancy : 
   DOMINANT  3: generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : 
   WIDESPREADM - prevalent n