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permeated |
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]: permeated adj : occurring throughout; "her poems are permeated with sorrow"
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