property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; — called also
Jesuit's bark, and cinchona. See Cinchona.
Pervade
(Per*vade") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pervaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pervading.] [L. pervadere, pervasum;
per + vadere to go, to walk. See Per-, and Wade.]
1. To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.
That labyrinth is easily pervaded.
Blackstone. 2. To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout.
A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism pervaded all their thoughts, words, and actions.
Burke. Pervasion
(Per*va"sion) n. [L. pervasio. See Pervade.] The act of pervading, passing, or spreading
through the whole extent of a thing. Boyle.
Pervasive
(Per*va"sive) a. Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading
quality. "Civilization pervasive and general." M. Arnold.
Perverse
(Per*verse") a. [L. perversus turned the wrong way, not right, p. p. of pervertereto turn around,
to overturn: cf. F. pervers. See Pervert.]
1. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
The only righteous in a word perverse.
Milton. 2. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
To so perverse a sex all grace is vain.
Dryden. Syn. — Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious. — Perverse,
Froward. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled
obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others.
Perversed
(Per*versed") a. Turned aside. [Obs.]
Perversedly
(Per*vers"ed*ly) adv. Perversely. [Obs.]
Perversely
(Per*verse"ly), adv. In a perverse manner.
Perverseness
(Per*verse"ness), n. The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness."
Donne.
