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pervade

diffuse; fill; spread throughout all parts of: Suspicion pervades the whole department.
Not to be confused with:
purvey – furnish; provide; supply: The caterer will purvey the tables and chairs in addition to the food.
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per·vade

 (pər-vād′)
tr.v. per·vad·ed, per·vad·ing, per·vades
To be present throughout; permeate: The sweet scent of gardenias pervaded the house. A sense of fear and mistrust pervades the novel. See Synonyms at imbue.

[Latin pervādere : per-, through; see per- + vādere, to go.]

per·vad′er n.
per·va′sion (-vā′zhən) n.
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pervade

(pɜːˈveɪd)
vb
(tr) to spread through or throughout, esp subtly or gradually; permeate
[C17: from Latin pervādere, from per- through + vādere to go]
perˈvader n
pervasion n
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per•vade

(pərˈveɪd)

v.t. -vad•ed, -vad•ing.
to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
[1645–55; < Latin pervādere to pass through =per- per- + vādere to go, walk]
per•vad′er, n.
per•va′sion (-ˈveɪ ʒən) n.
per•va′sive (-sɪv) adj.
per•va′sive•ly, adv.
per•va′sive•ness, n.
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pervade


Past participle: pervaded
Gerund: pervading

Imperative
pervade
pervade
Present
I pervade
you pervade
he/she/it pervades
we pervade
you pervade
they pervade
Preterite
I pervaded
you pervaded
he/she/it pervaded
we pervaded
you pervaded
they pervaded
Present Continuous
I am pervading
you are pervading
he/she/it is pervading
we are pervading
you are pervading
they are pervading
Present Perfect
I have pervaded
you have pervaded
he/she/it has pervaded
we have pervaded
you have pervaded
they have pervaded
Past Continuous
I was pervading
you were pervading
he/she/it was pervading
we were pervading
you were pervading
they were pervading
Past Perfect
I had pervaded
you had pervaded
he/she/it had pervaded
we had pervaded
you had pervaded
they had pervaded
Future
I will pervade
you will pervade
he/she/it will pervade
we will pervade
you will pervade
they will pervade
Future Perfect
I will have pervaded
you will have pervaded
he/she/it will have pervaded
we will have pervaded
you will have pervaded
they will have pervaded
Future Continuous
I will be pervading
you will be pervading
he/she/it will be pervading
we will be pervading
you will be pervading
they will be pervading
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pervading
you have been pervading
he/she/it has been pervading
we have been pervading
you have been pervading
they have been pervading
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pervading
you will have been pervading
he/she/it will have been pervading
we will have been pervading
you will have been pervading
they will have been pervading
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pervading
you had been pervading
he/she/it had been pervading
we had been pervading
you had been pervading
they had been pervading
Conditional
I would pervade
you would pervade
he/she/it would pervade
we would pervade
you would pervade
they would pervade
Past Conditional
I would have pervaded
you would have pervaded
he/she/it would have pervaded
we would have pervaded
you would have pervaded
they would have pervaded
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.pervade - spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
spiritise, spiritize - imbue with a spirit
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pervade

verb spread through, fill, affect, penetrate, infuse, permeate, imbue, suffuse, percolate, extend through, diffuse through, overspread the corruption that pervades every stratum of society
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pervade

verb
To cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone:
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levitä

pervade

[pɜːˈveɪd] VT [smell] → extenderse por; [light] → difundirse por; [feeling, atmosphere] → impregnar; [influence, ideas] → extenderse por
the smell of burnt food pervaded the whole houseel olor a comida quemada se extendió por toda la casa
this prejudice pervades our societyeste prejuicio está extendido en nuestra sociedad
see also all-pervading
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pervade

[pərˈveɪd] vt [feeling, smell, atmosphere] → se répandre dans
A festival atmosphere pervades the whole town → Une atmosphère de festival se répand dans toute la ville.
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pervade

vterfüllen; (smell also) → durchziehen; (light) → durchfluten; his writing is pervaded with dialect expressionsseine Bücher sind voller Dialektausdrücke; the universities are pervaded with subversive elementsdie Universitäten sind mit subversiven Elementen durchsetzt
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pervade

[pɜːˈveɪd] vt (subj, smell, feeling, atmosphere) → pervadere; (influence, ideas) → insinuarsi in, diffondersi in
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References in classic literature ?
These are gone; but the hall, the farmer's fireside, the hut, perhaps the palace, the counting-room, the workshop, the village, the city, life's high places and low ones, may all produce their poets, whom a common temperament pervades like an electric sympathy.
"Simply to call these people religious," says he, "would convey but a faint idea of the deep hue of piety and devotion which pervades their whole conduct.
A rich cathedral gloom pervades the pillared aisles; so the stray flecks of sunlight that strike a trunk here and a bough yonder are strongly accented, and when they strike the moss they fairly seem to burn.
But, happily for us, my brethren, the fountain of divine love flows from a source too pure to admit of pollution in its course; it extends, to those who drink of its vivifying waters, the peace of the righteous, and life everlasting; it endures through all time, and it pervades creation.
"I am afraid, Senor, that you are affected by the spirit of scoffing and irreverence which pervades this unhappy country of France in which both you and I are strangers, I believe.
She watched his countenance as if she were particularly wishful to be assured that he took kindly to his reception, she showed every possible desire to conciliate him, and there was an air of humble propitiation in all she did, such as I have seen pervade the bearing of a child towards a hard master.
In this pathbreaking study of the works of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, and Mill, Susan Moller Okin turns to the tradition of political philosophy that pervades Western culture and its institutions to understand why the gap between formal and real gender equality persists.
The "element of incantation" that pervades much of Yang's verse is paired in this volume with the academic rigor of translators' glosses dotting the bottoms of the pages.
"DYING MUST BE LIKE FALLING ASLEEP AFTER MAKING love, tired, tranquil with that sense of wonder that pervades everything." So wrote 60-year-old Piergiorgio Welby in his online journal before his death in December from muscular dystrophy.
From the quiet that pervades a nighttime apartment to silent snowfalls and the ferocity of an ice storm, Only the Senses Sleep sublimely captures a wide range of environmental experiences in the dark that pervade the corners of human consciousness.
The observations also hint that dark energy, which pervades all space, might emanate from the cosmic vacuum and have a constant density.
Specifically, "Sunshine Assassins" targets the misuse of Christianity in a tradition of Corporate Christian conditioning that pervades the infrastructure.