Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That permeates and spreads, or tends to permeate and spread, through every interstice, pore, or part.
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- adjective spreading or spread throughout
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Examples
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I, being then a permeative Fabian on the executive of the
The History of the Fabian Society Edward R. Pease 1906
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His touch had not been precisely permeative when it came to the world, Ian Rullock.
Foes Mary Johnston 1903
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But she came in the authority and integrity of herself, that was also, most dearly, most marvelously, himself as well -- permeative, penetrative, real, a subtle breath named
Foes Mary Johnston 1903
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{xiv} indwelling and permeative Life of the human spirit, but as foreign and remote, and He was thought of as "coming" in sporadic visitations to whom He would, His coming being indicated in extraordinary and charismatic manifestations.
Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Rufus Matthew Jones 1905
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