Penetrate

Definition of Penetrate

Pen´e`trate

v. t.	1.	To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness. [imp. & p. p. Penetrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Penetrating.]
	2.	To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity. The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style. - M. Arnold.
	3.	To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand. Things which here were too subtile for us to penetrate. - Ray.
v. i.	1.	To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively. Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. - J. R. Green. Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate. - Pope. The sweet of life that penetrates so near. - Daniel.

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