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Definition of pervade - 4 dictionary results

per⋅vade

  [per-veyd]
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–verb (used with object), -vad⋅ed, -vad⋅ing.
to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
Origin:
1645–55; < L pervādere to pass through, equiv. to per- per- + vādere to go, walk

Related forms:
per⋅vad⋅er, noun
per⋅vad⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
per⋅vad⋅ing⋅ness, noun
per⋅va⋅sion  [per-vey-zhuhn] , noun
per⋅va⋅sive  [per-vey-siv] , adjective
per⋅va⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
per⋅va⋅sive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
diffuse, fill.
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per·vade   (pər-vād')   
tr.v.   per·vad·ed, per·vad·ing, per·vades
To be present throughout; permeate. See Synonyms at charge.

[Latin pervādere : per-, through; see per- + vādere, to go.]
per·vad'er n., per·va'sion (-vā'zhən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Pervade

Per*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pervaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pervading.] [L. pervadere, pervasum; per + vadere to go, to walk. See Per-, and Wade.]

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

That labyrinth is easily pervaded. --Blackstone.

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

A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism pervaded all their thoughts, words, and actions. --Burke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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pervade 
1653, from L. pervadere "spread or go through," from per- "through" + vadere "to go" (see vamoose). Pervasive is attested from c.1750.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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