单词 | permeative |
释义 | permeativeadj. Having the quality of permeating; penetrative, pervasive. Now chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > permeating permeant1646 permeative1657 permeable1661 permeating1661 perviousa1677 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Bbbb2v Camphyre..makes the Electuary more grateful, and its permeative quality [L. qualitate permeante] more efficacious. 1804 S. T. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. (1882) 131 124 The imaginative power..acting with its permeative..might on the thoughts, images, specificates of the poet. 1885 M. Pattison Mem. vii. 305 The silent permeative genius of science. 1896 Catholic World Jan. 489 The traditions of these men..are so vital and permeative..that they can hardly fail while Americans are true to God and their country. 1925 Times 25 June 15/2 There is a great deal about..the elusive position of instructors..; they appear to represent some roving permeative influence. 1933 Eng. Hist. Rev. 48 40 The work of these reforming preachers..was made easier by the century and a half of the permeative activity of the Waldenses. 1996 Irish Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. (Weekend section) 8 While Protestant poets are defined by their religious background, the permeative influence of Catholicism on those reared as adherents needs no explication. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1657 |
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