Permeate is defined as to get into, soak into or spread throughout.
(verb)An example of permeate is when you smell baking cookies everywhere in the house.
See permeate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb permeated, permeating
Origin: < L permeatus, pp. of permeare < per, through + meare, to glide, flow, pass < IE base *mei-, to go, change, wander > Czech mijeti, to pass by
intransitive verb
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See permeate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb per·me·at·ed, per·me·at·ing, per·me·ates verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Latin permeāre, permeāt-, to penetrate
Origin: : per-, through; see per-
Origin: + meāre, to pass; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots
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