interpenetrate
Origin of interpenetrate
1Other words from interpenetrate
- in·ter·pen·e·tra·ble [in-ter-pen-i-truh-buhl], /ˌɪn tərˈpɛn ɪ trə bəl/, adjective
- in·ter·pen·e·trant, adjective
- in·ter·pen·e·tra·tion, noun
- in·ter·pen·e·tra·tive, adjective
Words Nearby interpenetrate
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How to use interpenetrate in a sentence
When our glances encounter each other, our souls rush forth in them, and seem to join and interpenetrate each other.
Pepita Ximenez | Juan ValeraPresent-day man possesses four bodies of increasing fineness, the elements of which interpenetrate.
Reincarnation | Th. PascalEthics and science have their own domains, which touch but do not interpenetrate.
Each atom is surrounded by a field, formed of the atoms of the four higher planes, which surround and interpenetrate it.
Occult Chemistry | Annie Besant and Charles W. LeadbeaterAll was so still that sleep seemed to interpenetrate the structure, causing the very moonlight to look discordantly awake.
Lilith | George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for interpenetrate
/ (ˌɪntəˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt) /
to penetrate (something) thoroughly; pervade
to penetrate each other or one another mutually
Derived forms of interpenetrate
- interpenetrable, adjective
- interpenetrant, adjective
- interpenetration, noun
- interpenetrative, adjective
- interpenetratively, adverb
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