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Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through.

ical epidemics. The periodic return of a plant's flowering. Henslow. To influence opinion through the periodical press. Courthope.

their atomic weights, it will be found that nearly the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series." The following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III., IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural family. The gaps in the…

Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light. I. Taylor.

Passing through; permeating. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand. Woodward.

The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance. Here is not a mere involution only, but a spiritual permeation and inexistence. Bp. Hall.

A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone.

To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed. What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. Young.

The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance. Sir T. Browne.

of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. Milton.

A glass through which objects are viewed. [Obs.] "Not a perspective, but a mirror." Sir T. Browne.

Optically; as through a glass. [R.] You see them perspectively. Shak.

Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque. [Obs.] Peacham.

That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.

To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.

The act of boring through. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Passing through or over. [R.]

The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care. Woodward.

To read through; to read carefully. Shak.