perviate

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verb

To penetrate.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person perviates · participle present perviating · participle past perviated · past perviated

  1. archaictransitiveTo 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. archaictransitiveTo 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

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

apertive
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APA

perviate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perviate

MLA

“perviate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perviate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perviate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perviate.

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