Definition of Penetrates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of penetrate) ¹

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Definition of Penetrates

1. penetrate [v] - See also: penetrate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Penetrates

penetrable
penetrably
penetralia
penetralium
penetrameter
penetrameters
penetrance
penetrances
penetrant
penetrant trait
penetrants
penetrated
penetratees
penetrates (current term)
penetratest
penetrating
penetrating injury
penetrating keratoplasty
penetrating trauma
penetrating ulcer
penetrating wound
penetratingly
penetratingness
penetration bomb
penetration test
penetration tests
penetrations

Literary usage of Penetrates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"penetrates TO MARACAIBO. His crew being refreshed and the wounded sufficiently recovered, Ojeda made sail, and touched at the island of Curazao, which, ..."

2. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"The prince pretender reduces Carlisle, and penetrates as far as Derby. Consternation of the Londoners. § XXXIII. The rebels retreat into Scotland. § XXXIV. ..."

3. Works by Washington Irving (1892)
"DISCOVERY OF THE GULF OF VENEZUELA—TRANSACTIONS THERE—OJEDA EXPLORES THE GULF— penetrates TO MARACAIBO. His crew being refreshed and the wounded ..."

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