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penetrate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. i. To pass; to make way to pierce. Also used figuratively. Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. --J. R. Green. Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate. --Pope. The sweet of life that penetrates so near --Daniel. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penetrated}; p. pr & vb n. {Penetrating}.] [L. penetratus p. p. of penetrare to penetrate; akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and perh. to pens with in the power of penus store of food, innermost part of a temple.] 1. To enter into to make way into the interior of to effect an entrance into to pierce; as light penetrates darkness. 2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as to penetrate one's heart with pity. --Shak. The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style. --M. Arnold. 3. To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand. Things which here were too subtile for us to penetrate. --Ray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: penetrate v 1: pass into or through often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" 2: come to understand [syn: {fathom}, {bottom}] 3: become clear suddenly; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him" [syn: {click}, {get through}, {dawn}, {come home}, {get across}, {sink in}, {fall into place}]
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