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per·vade
 pervade
- pronunciation:
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pervaded, pervades, pervading |
| definition: |
to spread or be present everywhere in; permeate.
An air of optimism pervaded the capital.- synonyms:
- fill, permeate
- similar words:
- charge, dominate, imbue, infiltrate, inform, infuse, interpenetrate, overrun, penetrate, saturate, suffuse
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| related words: |
diffuse, infect, invade |
| derivations: |
pervasive (adj.), pervadingly (adv.), pervasively (adv.), pervasiveness (n.) |
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