pervasion

[Lat. pervasio, from pervasus, pa. par. of pervado = to pervade (q. v.).) The act of pervading or pa ing through or throughout a thing. "By the pervasion of a foreign body." -Boyle: Works, 1. 389. per-vā-sive, a . [Lat. pervasus , pa. par. of per vado =to pervade (q. v.).] Tending or having the power or quality to pervade. "That exquisite something called style everywhere pervasive and nowhere emphatic." -Lowell: Among my Books , p. 175. *pěr-vēne', v . i. [Lat, pervenio: per-through, and venio to come.] To happen, to arise, to result. per-verse', a . [Fr. pervers , from Lat. per versus , pa. par. of per ver to =to overturn, to ruin: per thoroughly, and ver to =to turn; Sp., Port.. & Ital. per verso.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Turned aside from the right; distorted; turned to evil; perverted. Milton: P. L. , xi. 701. "The only righteous in a world perverse ." 2. Unlucky, unpropitious, unfortunate, untoward. "In the perverse event that I foresaw." Milton: Samson Agonistes, 737. 3. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn, untractable. "But that haughty and perverse nature could be content with nothing but absolute dominion."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xxiv. 4. Petulant, peevish; inclined to be cro or vexed. "I'll frown and be perverse, and say thee nay." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, ii. 2. II. Law : Against the weight of evidence, or contrary to the direction of the judge. "The chief Defendant was driven to ask the Jury to disregard it [the evidence], and find what is commonly called a 'perverse' verdict, in accordance with sentiment."-London Standard. perverse-verdict, s. Law : A verdict in which the jury refuse to follow the direction of the judge on a point of law. ( Wharton .) *per-versed, per-ver-sid, adj . [Lat. per versus , pa. par. of per ver to .] Turned away or aside. "With per versed eies beheld the nauy rond about." Phaer : Virgil's Æneid v. per-vers-ěd-ly, adv. [Eng. per versed; -ly.] In a perverse manner; perversely. pěr-verse-lý, adv. [Eng. perverse; -ly.] In a perverse manner; with perversene ; stubbornly, obstinately. "Perversely by folly beguiled." Cowper: Guion; Scenes Favorable to Meditation.