pervious
pervious is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.] God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. Jer. Taylor.
- 2.Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] Prior.
- 3.(Zoöl.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is pervious.
- What is capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.] God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. Jer. Taylor called?
- What is capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] Prior called?
- What is open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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