pervades

[per-veyd]

verb (used with object), per·vad·ed, per·vad·ing.

to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.

Origin:
1645–55; < Latin pervādere to pass through, equivalent 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

in·ter·per·vade, verb (used with object), in·ter·per·vad·ed, in·ter·per·vad·ing.

un·per·vad·ed, adjective

un·per·vad·ing, adjective

Synonyms
diffuse, fill.

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