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prevail

verb
  1. use persuasion successfully
    “I prevailed upon you to visit my parents.”
  2. prove superior
    “The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight”
    triumph
  3. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
    predominate
  4. continue to exist
    run
  5. be valid, applicable, or true
    hold