osmose

[ oz-mohs, os- ]

verb (used without object)

, os·mosed, os·mos·ing.

1. to undergo osmosis.

verb (used with object)

, os·mosed, os·mos·ing.

1. to subject to osmosis.

noun

1. osmosis.

osmose

/ ˈɒs-; ˈɒzməʊs; -məʊz /

verb

1. to undergo or cause to undergo osmosis

noun

1. a former name for osmosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of osmose¹

First recorded in 1850–55; back formation from osmosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of osmose¹

C19 (n): abstracted from the earlier terms endosmose and exosmose; related to Greek ōsmos push

Example Sentences

“Verse-jumpers” can use earpieces to puppet the bodies of their alternate selves, and they can osmose skills from counterparts in other worlds by performing pivotal actions that set their lives on different paths.

From The Verge

After a year and a half of imbibing music almost exclusively alone, I’d forgotten one of the aspects of communal live performance that had been unreproducible as the Covid-19 pandemic stretched on: how the energy of a room can osmose from person to person.

From New York Times

Just as I imagine most parents hope that the best of their qualities, if tendered just right, will osmose into their children, so too does the escarole-munching, kombucha-gulping father entertain the fantasy that with thoughtful culinary nurturing, he can raise a miniature him.

From Washington Post

I began to osmose from a neurotic cook with a confusing repertory of ethnic dishes to a relaxed one specializing in faintly Southern food.

From The New Yorker

Osmose services electric and telecommunication utilities.

From Seattle Times

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