Penetrate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Penetrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Penetrating

1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.
2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity.

   The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style.

3. To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand.

   Things which here were too subtile for us to penetrate.

1. To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.

   Preparing to penetrate to the north and west.

   Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate.

   The sweet of life that penetrates so near.