01 v. t. 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
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1.
To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.
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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.
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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.