Howbeit though the enimies could not preuaile thus to get the citie by this assault, yet they continued the siege, and suffered not them with it to be in quiet, but daie and night assailed them by one meanes or other.
But now to make an end with Aruiragus: when he perceiued that his force was too weake to preuaile against the Romane empire, and that he [Sidenote: Gal.
For as I am not obliged to the Duke by oath, so shall I either preuaile with the better cause, or with the quieter conscience die.
In the meane time the Confederats resolued to breake forth in Armes, in diuers parts of the Realme at once; vpon conceit, that if the King should endeuour to represse them in one place, they might more easily preuaile in the other.
Did Yorkes dread Curse preuaile so much with Heauen, That Henries death, my louely Edwards death, Their Kingdomes losse, my wofull Banishment, Should all but answer for that peeuish Brat?
God suffereth the diuell to preuaile against the wicked, yet in the most Holy there is no iniustice 2.
For if God did not suffer it, neither the Diuell, nor the Witch could preuaile to do any thing, no not so much as to hurt one[ee] bristle of a Swine.
The author was Conservateur de la Bibliothèque de Besançon, a position which gave him ample opportunities for the pursuit of bibliographical studies, to which he devoted his life.
If it be possible for you to displace it with your little finger, there is some hope the Ladies of Rome, especially his Mother, maypreuaile with him.
Ferrex was constreined to flée into Gallia, and there purchased aid of a great duke called Gunhardus or Suardus, and so returned into Britaine, thinking to preuaile and obteine the dominion of the whole Iland.
London, thinking there soonest to preuaile against his aduersarie, though his case be neuer so doubtfull.
Then I began to refute that foule error: howbeit my speach did nothing at all preuaile with him: for he could not be perswaded that any soule might remaine without a body.
But Abraham shaking him off proceeded on his way, whereupon the diuel seeing his words could not preuaile with the father attempted the sonne, saying; Ismael, haue regard vnto thyselfe betimes in this thing which is so dangerous.
Nor discontents it me to leaue the world, With whome there nothing can preuaile but wrong.
Why, so, Tam armis quam ingenio: Where wordes preuaile not, violence preuailes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preuaile" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
