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  • 81pen´e|tra´tive|ness — pen|e|tra|tive «PEHN uh TRAY tihv», adjective. penetrating; piercing: »Figurative. the penetrative character of temptations (Richard C. Trench). Perhaps one can distinguish between the great scientist and the researcher who is a mere technician… …

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  • 82pen´e|tra´tive|ly — pen|e|tra|tive «PEHN uh TRAY tihv», adjective. penetrating; piercing: »Figurative. the penetrative character of temptations (Richard C. Trench). Perhaps one can distinguish between the great scientist and the researcher who is a mere technician… …

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  • 83pen|e|tra|tive — «PEHN uh TRAY tihv», adjective. penetrating; piercing: »Figurative. the penetrative character of temptations (Richard C. Trench). Perhaps one can distinguish between the great scientist and the researcher who is a mere technician largely on the… …

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  • 84Discernment — Dis*cern ment, n. [Cf. F. discernement.] 1. The act of discerning. [1913 Webster] 2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies;… …

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  • 85Interpenetrative — In ter*pen e*tra*tive, a. Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each the other; mutually penetrative. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 86Penetrating — Pen e*tra ting, a. 1. Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor. [1913 Webster] 2. Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 87Penetrativeness — Pen e*tra*tive*ness, n. The quality of being penetrative. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 88Subtle — Sub tle, a. [Compar. {Subtler}; superl. {Subtlest}.] [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Subtile}.] 1.… …

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  • 89Subtler — Subtle Sub tle, a. [Compar. {Subtler}; superl. {Subtlest}.] [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Subtile} …

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  • 90Subtlest — Subtle Sub tle, a. [Compar. {Subtler}; superl. {Subtlest}.] [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Subtile} …

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