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Webster 1913 Edition
Pervade
Per-vade′
(pẽr-vād′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pervaded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pervading
.] 1.
To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.
That labyrinth is easily
pervaded
. Blackstone.
2.
To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout.
A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism
pervaded
all their thoughts, words, and actions. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pervade
PERVA'DE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pass through an aperture,pore or interstice; to permeate; as liquors that pervade the pores.2.
To pass or spread through the whole extent of a thing and into every minute part. What but God
Pervades, adjusts and agitates the whole?
3.
We use this verb in a transitive form to express a passive or an intransitive signification. Thus when we say, 'the electric fluid pervades the earth,' or 'either pervades the universe,' we mean only that the fluid is diffused through the earth or universe, or exists in all parts of them. So when we say, 'a spirit of conciliation pervades all classes of men,' we may mean that such a spirit passes through all classes, or it exists among all classes.Definition 2024
pervade
pervade
English
Verb
pervade (third-person singular simple present pervades, present participle pervading, simple past and past participle pervaded)
- (transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through.
- Cruel wars pervade history.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter II”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"
- 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.
Translations
to be in every part of
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