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interpenetrate
[ in-ter-pen-i-treyt ]
verb (used with object)
, in·ter·pen·e·trat·ed, in·ter·pen·e·trat·ing.
interpenetrate
/ ˌɪntəˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt /
verb
- to penetrate (something) thoroughly; pervade
- to penetrate each other or one another mutually
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Derived Forms
- ˌinterˈpenetrable, adjective
- ˌinterˈpenetrant, adjective
- ˌinterˌpeneˈtration, noun
- ˌinterˈpenetratively, adverb
- ˌinterˈpenetrative, adjective
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Other Words From
- in·ter·pen·e·tra·ble [in-ter-, pen, -i-tr, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- inter·pene·trant adjective
- inter·pene·tration noun
- inter·pene·trative adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of interpenetrate1
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Example Sentences
When our glances encounter each other, our souls rush forth in them, and seem to join and interpenetrate each other.
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Present-day man possesses four bodies of increasing fineness, the elements of which interpenetrate.
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Ethics and science have their own domains, which touch but do not interpenetrate.
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Each atom is surrounded by a field, formed of the atoms of the four higher planes, which surround and interpenetrate it.
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All was so still that sleep seemed to interpenetrate the structure, causing the very moonlight to look discordantly awake.
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