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permeate Verb [-ating, -ated] 1. to penetrate or spread throughout (something): his mystical philosophy permeates everything he creates 2. to pass through or cause to pass through by osmosis or diffusion: the rain permeated her anorak [Latin permeare] permeation n
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permeate verb 2. pervade, saturate, charge, fill, pass through, penetrate, infiltrate, imbue, filter through, spread through, impregnate, seep through, percolate, soak through, diffuse throughout Translations v permeate [ˈpəːmieit] (of a liquid, gas etc) to pass or spread into or through The water had permeated (through/into) the soil. deurdring يَخْتَرِق، يَنْفُذ просмуквам се pronikat, prosakovat gennemsyre; gennemtrænge (durch)dringen διαπερνώ, διαποτίζω penetrar läbi tungima نفوذ کردن imeytyä s'infiltrer לַחֲדוֹר में फैल जाना probijati,propuštati áthatol, beszivárog meresap gagnsÿra, síast í gegnum penetrare, diffondersi しみ通る 스며들다, 투과하다 įsisunkti, prasisunkti, prasiskverbti iesūkties; iespiesties meresap doordringen gjennomsyre/-trenge przesiąkać penetrar a se infiltra пропитывать;просачиваться prenikať, presakovať pronicati prodreti tränga igenom (in, ner i), genomsyra ซึมผ่าน içine geçip yayılmak 滲入 проходити крізь, просочуватися سرايت کرنا، نفوذ کرنا thấm vào 渗入 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Life is ghost land, where appearances change, transfuse, permeate each the other and all the others, that are, that are not, that always flicker, fade, and pass, only to come again as new appearances, as other appearances. Rather did it permeate him with a delicious sadness, and lift him away and out of the Ariel Instead of that air of life, of comfort, and of happiness that permeates a flourishing and prosperous business establishment -- instead of merry faces at the windows, busy clerks hurrying to and fro in the long corridors -- instead of the court filled with bales of goods, re-echoing with the cries and the jokes of porters, one would have immediately perceived all aspect of sadness and gloom. |
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