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penetrative, a.|ˈpɛnɪtreɪtɪv|
[ad. med.L. penetrātīv-us, f. ppl. stem of L. penetrāre: see -ative. In F. pénétratif, -ive (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Having the quality of penetrating.
1. Having the quality of piercing, entering, or making its way into anything; spec. Having the property of entering through the senses, or of keenly affecting the sense organs; sharp, pungent. Also said of the eye or sight in reference to its piercing quality. Cf. penetrating ppl. a. i.
1477Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 69 Wherefore it [sweet smell] is in Aier more penetrative. 1528Lyndesay Dreme 73 The air was rycht penetratyve. 1578Lyte Dodoens ii. lxxix. 253 The whole herbe is of a strong, and penetratiue sauour. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. ix. 30 Cold is..Active and Biting, Penetrative through Glass it self. 1819W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XLVII. 401 The churches of England and Scotland so nearly agree in doctrine, that their ordinations might be rendered reciprocally penetrative. 1853Trench Proverbs 140 ‘Where the devil cannot come, he will send’; a proverb..which excellently sets out the penetrative character of temptations.
2. fig. That penetrates to the seat of the feelings.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. xiv. 75 Bending downe His corrigible necke, his face subdu'de To penetratiue shame.
3. fig. Having the power of mental penetration; characterized by or showing insight; intellectually acute: = penetrating ppl. a. 3.
a1727Swift Ep. to T. Snow 9 O thou, whose penetrative Wisdom found The South-Sea Rocks and Shelves where Thousands drown'd. 1846Ruskin Mod. Paint. II. iii. ii. iii. §1 margin, Imagination penetrative is concerned not with the combining but apprehending of things. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 6 So vigorous and minutely penetrative was the quality of his understanding.
Hence ˈpenetratively adv., in a penetrative manner, with penetration; ˈpenetrativeness, penetrative quality, power of penetration.
1652French Yorksh. Spa viii. 71 Because of its wonderfull penetrativenes leaving no part or places of the body unsearched. 1697J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 456 Got by looking more penetratively into those Distinct Natures in our Mind. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) 165 By his incomparable lucidity and penetrativeness. 1878Grosart in H. More's Poems Mem. Introd. 29/1 Of it Principal Tulloch writes penetratively.
Add:[1.] b. Sport. = penetrating ppl. a. 1 c.
1960[see mid-field n.]. 1987Wisden Cricket Monthly Aug. 34/1 If only his bowling had been more penetrative, England could have had the satisfaction of one sizable acquisition at least. |