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pervading

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per·vade

   [per-veyd]
verb (used with object), -vad·ed, -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
EXPAND
in·ter·per·vade, verb (used with object), -vad·ed, -vad·ing.
un·per·vad·ed, adjective
un·per·vad·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE

Synonyms
diffuse, fill.

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pervade
1650s, from L. pervadere "spread or go through," from per- "through" + vadere "to go" (see vamoose).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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