01 a. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
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Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.“[Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way.” — Pope.
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Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.[R.]“God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye.” — Jer. Taylor.
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Capable of penetrating or pervading.[Obs.]
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Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.(Zool.) Also: perforate