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perviating

perviating is the present participle and gerund of perviate.

Meaning of perviate

Verb

perviate (third-person singular simple present perviates, present participle perviating, simple past and past participle perviated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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
  2. (archaic, transitive) 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 perviating

What is perviating the present participle and gerund of?
Perviating is the present participle and gerund of perviate.

Words near perviating in the dictionary

  1. perviability
  2. pervial
  3. perviate
  4. perviated
  5. perviates
  6. perviating
  7. pervicacious
  8. pervicaciously
  9. pervicaciousness
  10. pervicacity
  11. pervicacy

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