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pervasive, a.|pərˈveɪsɪv|
[f. L. pervās-, ppl. stem of pervādĕre to pervade + -ive.]
Having the quality or power of pervading; permeative.
c1750Shenstone Economy iii. 107 The works of frost, Pervasive, radiant icicles. 1794W. Roberts Looker-on No. 49 II. 224 A pervasive beauty without name, description, or place. 1886Symonds Renaiss. It., Cath. React. (1898) I. v. 235 In Italy the disintegrating process had been..far more subtle and pervasive.
Hence perˈvasively adv., in a pervasive manner; perˈvasiveness, quality of pervading.
1879Christian World 14 Nov. 732/5 Seldom..have we read discourses more *pervasively and distinctively Christian. 1895R. F. Horton Teaching of Jesus ii. 240 He would Himself be pervasively present, working powerfully on the hearts of men.
1876Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 253 The *pervasiveness of the idea of Sun-worship in Egypt. 1880L. Oliphant Gilead xiv. 386 The oneness and pervasiveness of the Deity is the prominent feature of the Druse religion. |