pervasive, a.
(pərˈveɪsɪv)
[f. L. pervās-, ppl. stem of pervādĕre to pervade + -ive.]
Having the quality or power of pervading; permeative.
| c 1750 Shenstone Economy iii. 107 The works of frost, Pervasive, radiant icicles. 1794 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 49 II. 224 A pervasive beauty without name, description, or place. 1886 Symonds Renaiss. It., Cath. React. (1898) I. v. 235 In Italy the disintegrating process had been..far more subtle and pervasive. |
Hence
perˈvasively adv., in a pervasive manner;
perˈvasiveness, quality of pervading.
| 1879 Christian World 14 Nov. 732/5 Seldom..have we read discourses more *pervasively and distinctively Christian. 1895 R. F. Horton Teaching of Jesus ii. 240 He would Himself be pervasively present, working powerfully on the hearts of men. |
| 1876 Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 253 The *pervasiveness of the idea of Sun-worship in Egypt. 1880 L. Oliphant Gilead xiv. 386 The oneness and pervasiveness of the Deity is the prominent feature of the Druse religion. |