permeate

[per·me·ate]

When you live in a big city like New York, you know all too well how the smells of spices and cooking meats can permeate a hallway, easily passing through those thin apartment doors to make your mouth water.

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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.

Verb
penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot"

Verb
spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"

Verb
pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"


v. t.
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.

v. t.
To enter and spread through; to pervade.


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.

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.

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