| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| pervade |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | per·vade |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p r-v d |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: per·vad·ed, per·vad·ing, per·vades
To be present throughout; permeate. See synonyms at charge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin pervdere : per-, through; see per– + vdere, to go. | | OTHER FORMS: | per·vader —NOUN
per·vasion (-vzhn) —NOUN
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
