Shak.
-- Pen"e*tra*ble*ness, n. -- Pen"e*tra*bly, adv.
Pen"e*trail (?), n. Penetralia. [Obs.] Harvey.
||Pen`e*tra"li*a (?), n. pl. [L., fr. penetralis penetrating, internal.
||See Penetrate.] 1. The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or
||place, especially of a temple or palace.
2. Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred
penetralia of the home.
{ Pen"e*trance (?), Pen"e*tran*cy (?), } n. The quality or state of
being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of
quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.
Pen"e*trant (?), a. [L. penetrans, p. pr. of penetrare: cf. F.
pÈnÈtrant.] Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp;
subtile; as, penetrant cold. "Penetrant and powerful arguments." Boyle.
Pen"e*trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penetrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Penetrating.] [L. penetratus, p. p. of penetrare to penetrate; akin to
penitus inward, inwardly, and perh. to pens with, in the power of,
penus store of food, innermost part of a temple.] 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. Shak.
The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of
the plainness and directness of Homer's style.