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pervasive [per-vey-siv] adjective

  1. spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.

Related formsper·va·sive·ly, adverbper·va·sive·ness, nounin·ter·per·va·sive, adjectivein·ter·per·va·sive·ly, adverbin·ter·per·va·sive·ness, nounnon·per·va·sive, adjectivenon·per·va·sive·ly, adverbnon·per·va·sive·ness, nounun·per·va·sive, adjectiveun·per·va·sive·ly, adverbun·per·va·sive·ness, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for pervasively pervasive adjective

  1. pervading or tending to pervade

Derived Formspervasively, adverbpervasiveness, nounWord Origin for pervasive C18: from Latin pervāsus, past participle of pervādere to pervade Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for pervasively pervasive adj.

1750, from Latin pervas-, past participle stem of pervadere (see pervade) + -ive.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

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