pervade
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Ah, render sere no silken bent That by her head-stone waves; Let noon and golden summer blent Pervade these ocean graves.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
Pervade, per-vād′, v.t. to go through or penetrate: to spread all over.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
No; peacock-posing and complacent smile Pervade the common air, and take the town.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 23, 1892 by Various
Pervade my being with Thy vital force, That this else inexpressive life of mine May become eloquent and full of power, Impregnated with life and strength divine.
From Quiet Talks on Service by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
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