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verb (used with object)
1.
to filter into or through; permeate.
2.
to cause to pass in by filtering.
3.
to move into (an organization, country, territory, or the like) surreptitiously and gradually, especially with hostile intent: The troops infiltrated the enemy lines.
4.
to pass a small number of (soldiers, spies, or the like) into a territory or organization clandestinely and with hostile or subversive intent: The intelligence agency infiltrated three spies into the neighboring country.
verb (used without object)
5.
to pass into or through a substance, place, etc., by or as by filtering.
6.
Pathology. to penetrate tissue spaces or cells.
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Infiltrating
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noun
7.
something that infiltrates.
8.
Pathology. any substance penetrating tissues or cells and forming a morbid accumulation.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
infiltrate
1758, of fluids, from in- "in" + filtrate. infiltration in figurative sense of "a passing into" (anything immaterial) is from 1840; Military sense of "stealthy penetration of enemy lines" dates from 1930.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
infiltrate in·fil·trate (ĭn-fĭl'trāt', ĭn'fĭl-)
v. in·fil·trat·ed, in·fil·trat·ing, in·fil·trates
To cause a liquid to permeate a substance by passing through its interstices or pores.
To permeate a porous substance with a liquid or gas.
An abnormal substance that accumulates gradually in cells or body tissues.
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