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per·vade

pervade

 
 
pronunciation:
pr veId
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: pervades, pervading, pervaded
definition: to spread or be present everywhere in; permeate.
An air of optimism pervaded the capital.The smell of tropical flowers pervaded the air.Visions of her still pervade his thoughts and dreams.Alienation is a theme that pervades modern literature.
synonyms:
fill, permeate
similar words:
charge, dominate, imbue, infiltrate, inform, infuse, interpenetrate, overrun, penetrate, saturate, suffuse
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derivations: pervasive (adj.), pervadingly (adv.), pervasively (adv.), pervasiveness (n.)
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