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penetrate

[pen-i-treyt] / ˈpɛn ɪˌtreɪt /




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“The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl,” he writes in “Ride, Fly, Penetrate, Loiter.”

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2010

Never, Jumala the mighty, Never let another mortal,390 Make his way to Mana's country, Penetrate to Tuoni's kingdom!

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

Penetrate the mass in idea, and you will see it composed of numberless irregular polyhedra bounded by surfaces of weak cohesion.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

Brave son of Hesperus! no mortal hand Has led thee hither, nor without the gods Penetrate thy firm feet the vast profound.

From Gebir by Landor, Walter Savage

Penetrate into those forests of America coeval with the world.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver




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