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pervious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pervious \Per"vi*ous\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way See {Per-}, and {Voyage}.] 1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as a pervious soil. [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way --Pope. 2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through by physical or mental vision. [R.] God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Open -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pervious adj : admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat" [ant: {impervious}]
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