New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
permeate — permeate, pervade, penetrate, impenetrate, interpenetrate, impregnate, saturate can all mean to pass or cause to pass through every part of a thing. Permeate may be used in reference to either a material or an immaterial thing and implies… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
permeate — I verb bathe, diffuse, drench, fill, go through, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, interpenetrate, leaven, osmose, overrun, overspread, pass through, penetrate, percolate, pervade, run through, saturate, seep, soak, souse, spread… … Law dictionary
permeate — (v.) 1650s, from L. permeatus, pp. of permeare to pass through (see PERMEABLE (Cf. permeable)). Related: Permeated; permeating … Etymology dictionary
permeate — [v] filter, spread throughout charge, diffuse, drench, fill, go through, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, interfuse, invade, pass through, penetrate, percolate, pervade, pierce, saturate, seep, soak, stab, stalk, steep, suffuse,… … New thesaurus
permeate — ► VERB ▪ spread throughout; pervade. DERIVATIVES permeation noun permeator noun. ORIGIN Latin permeare pass through … English terms dictionary
permeate — [pʉr′mē āt΄] vt. permeated, permeating [< L permeatus, pp. of permeare < per, through + meare, to glide, flow, pass < IE base * mei , to go, change, wander > Czech mijeti, to pass by] to pass into or through and affect every part of;… … English World dictionary
permeate — per|me|ate [ˈpə:mieıt US ˈpə:r ] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of permeare to go through ] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition, T] if liquid, gas etc permeates something, it enters it and spreads through every part of it ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
permeate — UK [ˈpɜː(r)mɪeɪt] / US [ˈpɜrmɪˌeɪt] verb Word forms permeate : present tense I/you/we/they permeate he/she/it permeates present participle permeating past tense permeated past participle permeated 1) [transitive] if an attitude or feeling… … English dictionary
permeate — verb Permeate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑attitude Permeate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑society, ↑whole … Collocations dictionary
permeate — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)mieɪt[/t]] permeates, permeating, permeated 1) VERB If an idea, feeling, or attitude permeates a system or permeates society, it affects every part of it or is present throughout it. [V n] Bias against women permeates every level of… … English dictionary
