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permeate

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Permeate  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  permeate 
  v  1:  spread  or  diffuse  through  "An  atmosphere  of  distrust  has 
  permeated  this  administration"  [syn:  {pervade},  {diffuse}, 
  {imbue}] 
  2:  pass  through  "Water  permeated  sand  easily"  [syn:  {percolate}, 
  {sink  in},  {filter}] 
  3:  penetrate  mutually  or  be  interlocked;  "The  territories  of 
  two  married  people  interpenetrate  a  lot"  [syn:  {interpenetrate}]




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