pervade

pervade
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. fill, permeate, penetrate, imbue, overspread, impregnate, saturate; infiltrate. See presence, mixture.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. saturate, diffuse, permeate, spread through; see penetrate 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v.
[pur VADE]
to spread throughout, permeate.
The odor of cooking fish will pervade an entire household.
SYN.: spread throughout, permeate, diffuse, saturate, fill up, penetrate, imbue, osmose, disseminate.
ANT.: dissipate, dispel
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone: charge, freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, saturate, suffuse, transfuse. See FULL.

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