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Definition of PERVASIVE - 3 dictionary results

per⋅vade

  [per-veyd]
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–verb (used with object), -vad⋅ed, -vad⋅ing.
to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
Origin:
1645–55; < L pervādere to pass through, equiv. to per- per- + vādere to go, walk

Related forms:
per⋅vad⋅er, noun
per⋅vad⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
per⋅vad⋅ing⋅ness, noun
per⋅va⋅sion  [per-vey-zhuhn] , noun
per⋅va⋅sive  [per-vey-siv] , adjective
per⋅va⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
per⋅va⋅sive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
diffuse, fill.
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per·va·sive   (pər-vā'sĭv, -zĭv)   
adj.  Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate: the pervasive odor of garlic.

[From Latin pervāsus, past participle of pervādere, to pervade; see pervade.]
per·va'sive·ly adv., per·va'sive·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

pervade 
1653, from L. pervadere "spread or go through," from per- "through" + vadere "to go" (see vamoose). Pervasive is attested from c.1750.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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