pervade

American  

[per-veyd] / pərˈveɪd /

verb (used with object)

pervaded, pervading

1. to become spread throughout all parts of.

   Spring pervaded the air.

   Synonyms:

   fill, diffuse

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pervade British  

/ pɜːˈveɪʒən, pɜːˈveɪd /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of pervade

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

Example Sentences

Bell Labs, the legendary research-and-development organization, created foundational innovations like transistors that pervade the modern world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.

From Salon

Dry humor also pervades a novel that is enriched throughout by the laconic speech of the region.

From The Wall Street Journal

“In the culture of fear that pervades the PLA, these new appointees may not give Xi the frank advice he needs,” Wuthnow said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like “Bridgerton,” our “Heated Rivalry” obsession is related to a hollow longing for connection pervading society right now.

From Salon

Related Words

• infuse
• penetrate
• permeate
• suffuse