perviates
perviates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of perviate.
Meaning of perviate
Verb
perviate (third-person singular simple present perviates, present participle perviating, simple past and past participle perviated)
- To penetrate.
- He acts thus until he leave so much of the cranium cut away, or perforated, as he judges will enable compression to contract the head into a sufficiently small compass to perviate the pelvis.1840, Thomas Travers Burke, The Accoucheur's Vademecum, page 214
- To spread or permeate throughout.
- The woods, perviated every where with paths, unhappily afforded us no new traces, and we much feared that the robbers had divided their plunder, and gone off in a different direction.1856, Gabriel Ferry, Vagabond Life in Mexico, page 264
Questions about perviates
- What is perviates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Perviates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of perviate.
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