To be in every part of; to spread throughCruel wars pervade history.
1907, w, The Younger Set Chapter 2/5, “I ought to arise and go forth with timbrel and with dances ; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels ?...not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances ; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. Oh, no. Only—I——â€
