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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.
  1. to penetrate thoroughly; permeate.
  2. to penetrate with (something else) mutually or reciprocally.


verb (used without object)

, in·ter·pen·e·trat·ed, in·ter·pen·e·trat·ing.
  1. to penetrate between things or parts.
  2. to penetrate each other.

interpenetrate

/ ˌɪntəˈpɛnɪˌtreɪt /

verb

  1. to penetrate (something) thoroughly; pervade
  2. to penetrate each other or one another mutually
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
  • inter·pene·trant adjective
  • inter·pene·tration noun
  • inter·pene·trative adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of interpenetrate1

First recorded in 1800–10; inter- + penetrate
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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.

Present-day man possesses four bodies of increasing fineness, the elements of which interpenetrate.

Ethics and science have their own domains, which touch but do not interpenetrate.

Each atom is surrounded by a field, formed of the atoms of the four higher planes, which surround and interpenetrate it.

All was so still that sleep seemed to interpenetrate the structure, causing the very moonlight to look discordantly awake.

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