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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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Pervader
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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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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