pervade

Definitions


[pəˈveɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of
(e.g: a smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (also in the sense ‘traverse’): from Latin pervadere, from per- ‘throughout’ + vadere ‘go’




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