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• per|cus´sive|ly — per|cus|sive «puhr KUHS ihv», adjective, noun. –adj. of, having to do with, or characterized by percussion: »His piano Bach is in the approved lighter, percussive, and staccato style (Edward Tatnall Canby). –n. = percussion instrument. (Cf.… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|cus|sive — «puhr KUHS ihv», adjective, noun. –adj. of, having to do with, or characterized by percussion: »His piano Bach is in the approved lighter, percussive, and staccato style (Edward Tatnall Canby). –n. = percussion instrument. (Cf. ↑percussion… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|mis´sive|ly — per|mis|sive «puhr MIHS ihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not forbidding; tending to permit; allowing: »a permissive attitude, permissive parents. Not a positive, but a permissive command (Henry More). A discussion of pragmatism was naturally… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|mis|sive — «puhr MIHS ihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not forbidding; tending to permit; allowing: »a permissive attitude, permissive parents. Not a positive, but a permissive command (Henry More). A discussion of pragmatism was naturally related to their… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|sua´sive|ly — per|sua|sive «puhr SWAY sihv, zihv», adjective, noun. –adj. able to persuade; fitted to persuade: »a persuasive argument, a persuasive smile. The salesman had a very persuasive way of talking. SYNONYM(S): moving, winning. –n. something adapted or …   Useful english dictionary

• per|sua|sive — «puhr SWAY sihv, zihv», adjective, noun. –adj. able to persuade; fitted to persuade: »a persuasive argument, a persuasive smile. The salesman had a very persuasive way of talking. SYNONYM(S): moving, winning. –n. something adapted or intended to… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|va´sive|ly — per|va|sive «puhr VAY sihv», adjective. 1. tending to pervade. 2. having power to pervade. –per|va´sive|ly, adverb. –per|va´sive|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• per|va|sive — «puhr VAY sihv», adjective. 1. tending to pervade. 2. having power to pervade. –per|va´sive|ly, adverb. –per|va´sive|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• per|fu|sive — «puhr FYOO sihv», adjective. adapted to perfusion; easily perfused …   Useful english dictionary

• per|ver|sive — «puhr VUR sihv», adjective. that perverts or tends to pervert …   Useful english dictionary

• per|cus´sive|ness — per|cus|sive «puhr KUHS ihv», adjective, noun. –adj. of, having to do with, or characterized by percussion: »His piano Bach is in the approved lighter, percussive, and staccato style (Edward Tatnall Canby). –n. = percussion instrument. (Cf.… …   Useful english dictionary