pervious

1. (figurative)Examples: "[I]n their [i.e., the Egyptians'] ceremonies they uſually made three acclamations to the unknovvn Darkneſs; that is, to God, vvhoſe ſecrets are pervious to no eye, vvhoſe dvvelling is in a light that is not to be diſcerned, vvhoſe myſteries are not to be underſtood by us, and vvhoſe Sacraments are objects of faith and vvonder, but not to be diſordered by the miſtaking, undiſcerning eye of people that are curious to ask after vvhat they ſhall never underſtand."Synonyms: perspicuous, transparentAntonyms: impervious, unperviousfiguratively

2. (figurative)Examples: "[…] Saint Auguſtine for ſharpe inſight, and concluſive judgement, in expoſition of places of Scripture, vvhich he alvvaies makes ſo liquid, and pervious, […] hath ſcarce been equalled therein, by any of the VVriters in the Church of God, […]"; "From being ſpies, or to ſpies pervious, / From thirſt, or ſcorne of flame, deliver us."Synonyms: perspicuous, transparentAntonyms: impervious, unperviousfiguratively

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4. (obsolete)Examples: "The bodies of the Saints, […] have an agility to move from place to place vvith ſpeed and ſubtility like light; to have their vvay free and pervious through all places, and can penetrate vvhereſoever they pleaſe."; "VVhat is this little, agile, pervious Fire, / This flutt'ring Motion, vvhich VVe call the Mind? / Hovv does She act? and vvhere is She confin'd?"; "He walk'd with God, and like the breath of prayer, / His earthly substance melted all away: / So much he loved the Lord, his mortal clay / Abolish'd quite, or blent with pervious air, / Soft as a rainbow, mix'd with things that were / And are not."Synonyms: pervadingobsolete

5. (obsolete)Examples: "The noſtrils are very large, and pervious: the vvhole plumage is duſky, daſhed vvith purple and green: legs of a dirty fleſh-color: clavvs black."obsolete