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Permeated

Permeate \Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Permeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Permeating.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]

  1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
    --Woodward.

  2. To enter and spread through; to pervade.

    God was conceived to be diffused throughout the whole world, to permeate and pervade all things.
    --Cudworth.

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permeated

vb. (en-past of: permeate)

WordNet
permeated

adj. occurring throughout; "her poems are permeated with sorrow"

Usage examples of "permeated".

His pain, his fear permeated the very air, even to Thyerri's dead ened senses.

A silent question permeated the link: Deymorin wonder ing if he should go with Oshram, or send Mikhyel.

He sighed and nestled there, safe, warm, entwined in a mood that was the antithesis of the anger and hatred that had permeated the alley behind Bharlori's last night.

The sense of purpose he'd sought for so long permeated Nikki's every waking moment, as he tracked down the details so vital to Mikhyel's upcoming trip.

As a sense of Anhheliaa had permeated Rhomandi House upon his return, so now some other presence resonated here.

Somehow, those feelings came through as surely as the image, as Lidye's feelings also permeated the air.

Wood creaked as weight shifted in the elaborately carved chairs, and disbelief permeated the room.

But the one above had been so close, from the moment she first brought it here, the ley had engulfed it, nourished it, treasured it, until its scent and sweet taste permeated the cavern as none before it.

It permeated the air around him, and the ley thium pulsed a deeper and deeper red.

For a moment, it overwhelmed the humid, baked pavement smell that permeated the relatively cooler air of Central Park that hot July night.

The air was permeated with hydro-telluride, a fiendish odour like rotting vegetation.

There was no place for nonhumans in the rather conservative religion that permeated every moment of life on Bethel.

Spectroscopic analysis said that the flaring star contained all the elements which had permeated the wreck.

The odors of a delicious meal permeated the air and all present were happily anticipating an evening spent in joyful pursuits -- of all kinds.

Several workers were chopping and cutting, and the smell of bread and broth permeated the room.