to pass into or through and affect every part of; penetrate and spread through: ink permeates blotting paper; a society that is permeated with idealism
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
to spread or diffuse; penetrate: with through or among