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pervasive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pervasive \Per*va"sive\, a. Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. ``Civilization pervasive and general.'' --M. Arnold. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pervasive adj 1: spread throughout; "a pervasive anxiety overshadows the triumphs of individuals" [syn: {pervading}] 2: spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic [syn: {permeant}, {permeating}, {permeative}]
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