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verb (used with object), -vad·ed, -vad·ing.
to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
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Pervade
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Example Sentences
- The universe is expanding, being thrust apart by some mysterious “dark energy”, minute traces of which pervade all space.
- In this version of the old story, quiet menace seems to pervade every scene.
- These forces and energies pervade the entire Universe.
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Word Origin & History
pervade
1650s, from L. pervadere "spread or go through," from per- "through" + vadere "to go" (see vamoose).
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