pervade

[per-veyd]

verb (used with object)

pervaded, pervading 

1. to become spread throughout all parts of.

   Spring pervaded the air.

   Synonyms: fill, diffuse

pervade

/ pɜːˈveɪʒən, pɜːˈveɪd /

verb

1. (tr) to spread through or throughout, esp subtly or gradually; permeate

Other Word Forms

• pervader noun
• pervadingly adverb
• pervadingness noun
• pervasion noun
• pervasive adjective
• interpervade verb (used with object)
• unpervaded adjective
• unpervading adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pervade¹

1645–55; < Latin pervādere to pass through, equivalent to per- per- + vādere to go, walk

Word History and Origins

Origin of pervade¹

C17: from Latin pervādere, from per- through + vādere to go

Example Sentences

But the Telegraph Neil McCormick awarded four stars, noting: "The overwhelming emotional mood is relief. It pervades the songs, a self-soothing blanket of gratitude that she has been rescued from solitude."

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Behind this though was another anxiety, one that pervades Cambodian history: that of being a smaller country surrounded by more powerful neighbours.

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Day after day, they heard him on the radio and were indoctrinated into the hard-right culture war mentality that still pervades the Republican Party.

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And while Knox has the carefully chosen words of a practiced public speaker, Van Patten has a chillness that pervades.

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Yet in the erasure of history, in the paralyzing censorship that pervades many parts of the world, we risk forgetting the lessons of the past.

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Related Words

• infuse 
• penetrate 
• permeate 
• suffuse