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.
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.