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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• prevail:
    1. I. To prove the stronger:
      1. 1. vinco, vīci, ctum (trans.), 3: the stronger party p.'d over the better one, major pars meliorem vicit, Liv. 21, 4, init.: also absol., that party p.'d, vicit pars illa, Sall. Jug. 16.
      2. 2. praevăleo, ui, 2 (not in Cic.): to p. by virtue of authority, auctoritate p., Suet. Gal. 19: which consideration should p., utrum praevaleat, Tac. A. 1, 58: occasionally with abl. (like a compar. degree): destiny p.'d over counsel, praevalebant fata consiliis, Vell. 2, 118.
    2. II. To be in force, have currency:
      1. 1. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2: the custom has p.'d, tenuit consuetudo, ut ..., Quint. 2, init.: Liv. Also comp. obtĭneo, 2: the report has p.'d, fama obtinuit, Liv. 21, 46, extr.
      2. 2. praevăleo, 2 (late and rare): in all Asia this custom p.s, tota Asia hic mos p., Plin. 17, 22, 35 § 181. Freq. expr. by esse: he said the custom did not p. among the Greeks, negavit moris esse Graecorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, 66: v. custom. To begin to p., p. more and more: (1). incrēbresco, brui (-besco, -bui): this custom which has begun to p., haec consuetudo quae increbruit, Cic. Ph. 14, 5, init.: Pl. (N.B.--The perf. tenses may often be rendered simply by to prevail: cf. example given, and id. Verr. 2, 3, 7, haec quae nunc increbruit disciplina, which now p.s.) So percrebresco (esp. of reports): Cic.: Caes. (2). invălesco, ui, 2 (to gain ground): the practice p.s more and more, consuetudo magis i., Quint. 2, 1, init. See also to spread. (3). invĕtĕrasco, āvi, 3 (to become rooted): Caes. B. G. 5, 41.
    3. III. To prevail upon, i. e. induce:
      1. 1. addūco, indūco (the latter esp. with ref. to something bad or wrong): v. to induce.
      2. 2. exōro, 1 (by entreaties): let me p. upon you, sine te exorem, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 6: foll. by ut and subj., Cic. R. Com. 16, 46.
      3. 3. expr. by impetro, 1 (to obtain by asking): he p.s upon the Sequani to allow ..., impetrat a Sequanis ut patiantur ..., Caes. B. G. 1, 9: how far you may allow yourself to be p.'d on, quid patiare a te impetrari, Cic. Am. 20, 76.