Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pervasive"
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) 1.7 (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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