Category:Prevalence

Prev"a*lence, n. Etym: [l. praevalentia: cf. F. prévalence. See Prevail.]

Defn: the quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, Force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide Extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a Disease; the prevalence of a rumor. The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with Him. Clarendon.