Permeate: alternatives and connections

To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

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To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.

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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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To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surfa…

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Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.

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Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.

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The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites a…

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The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites a…

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Passing through; permeating.

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Passing through; permeating.

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The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.

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The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance.

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To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to di…

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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 tinge deeply; to dye; to cause to absorb; as, clothes thoroughly imbued with black.

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To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.

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

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To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.

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A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from san…

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