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Pervade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To be present throughout; permeate. See Synonyms at charge.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To be in every part of; to spread through

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.

v. To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To pass or flow through; penetrate; permeate.

To extend throughout; spread or be spread through the whole extent of; be diffused throughout.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. spread or diffuse through

Word Usage

"These shades of expression pervade their language, tempering all their communications, and frequently imparting its pathos or energy to their eloquence."

Verb Form

pervaded pervades pervading

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

penetrate perforate

Cross Reference

animated

Hyponym

spiritize spiritise

Form

pervaded pervading

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

permeate

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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