pervade
[ per-veyd ]
/ pərˈveɪd /
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verb (used with object), per·vad·ed, per·vad·ing.
to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
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Example sentences from the Web for pervade
The optimism has pervaded even the industries that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
By becoming an ecologist, I did not escape the kind of Individualism that pervaded Rand’s thinking.
Media companies’ diversity shortcomings pervade their organizations, but lack of diversity among their executive and management ranks is particularly problematic.
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British Dictionary definitions for pervade
pervade
/ (pɜːˈveɪd) /
verb
(tr) to spread through or throughout, esp subtly or gradually; permeate
Derived forms of pervade
pervader, nounpervasion (pɜːˈveɪʒən), nounWord Origin for pervade
C17: from Latin pervādere, from per- through + vādere to go
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