Both Uses of
pervasive
in
Oliver Twist
- As for exercise, it was nice cold weather, and he was allowed to perform his ablutions every morning under the pump, in a stone yard, in the presence of Mr. Bumble, who prevented his catching cold, and caused a tingling sensation to pervade his frame, by repeated applications of the cane.†
Chpt 3 *pervade = spread
- Her disordered appearance, and a wholesale perfume of Geneva which pervaded the apartment, afforded strong confirmatory evidence of the justice of the Jew's supposition;†
Chpt 26pervaded = spread or filled
Definition:
existing throughout something; or generally widespread