Meaning of PERMEATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'purmee`eyt
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- [v] penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot"
- [v] spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"
- [v] pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
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| | Synonyms: | | diffuse, filter, imbue, interpenetrate, percolate, pervade, sink in |
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| | See Also: | | infiltrate, invade, penetrate, perforate, spiritise, spiritize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Permeated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Permeating}.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to
permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]
1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate
and pass through without causing rupture or displacement;
-- applied especially to fluids which pass through
substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
--Woodward.
2. To enter and spread through; to pervade.
God was conceived to be diffused throughout the
whole world, to permeate and pervade all things.
--Cudworth.
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| | Related Terms: | | bathe, bespread, besprinkle, breathe, brew, charge, color, crawl with, creep with, decoct, diffuse, douche, dredge, drench, drouk, dye, enter, entincture, extend throughout, fill, flavor, flush, honeycomb, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, inject, instill, interfuse, interpenetrate, invade, lave, leach, leave no void, leaven, lixiviate, macerate, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, percolate, pervade, rinse, run through, saturate, season, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, suffuse, swarm with, teem with, temper, tincture, tinge, transfuse, wash, waterlog |
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