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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pervade  \Per*vade"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pervaded};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Pervading}.]  [L.  pervadere  pervasum  per  +  vadere  to 
  go  to  walk.  See  {Per-},  and  {Wade}.] 
  1.  To  pass  or  flow  through  as  an  aperture,  pore,  or 
  interstice;  to  permeate. 
 
  That  labyrinth  is  easily  pervaded.  --Blackstone. 
 
  2.  To  pass  or  spread  through  the  whole  extent  of  to  be 
  diffused  throughout. 
 
  A  spirit  of  cabal,  intrigue,  and  proselytism 
  pervaded  all  their  thoughts,  words  and  actions. 
  --Burke. 




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