Infiltrate: alternatives and connections

Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matte…

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To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.

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To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids w…

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The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

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The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

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The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered dr…

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The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered dr…

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To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

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