PERVASIVE

permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive

(adjective) spreading or spread throughout; “armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations”; “the pervasive odor of garlic”; “an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

pervasive (comparative more pervasive, superlative most pervasive)

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

Synonyms

• (manifested throughout): penetrating, permeating, pervading

Source: Wiktionary


Per*va"sive, a.

Definition: Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. "Civilization pervasive and general." M. Arnold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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