Pervade

Quick meaning: Pervade is a verb meaning (transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.

Meaning

(transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.

Example Sentences

Cruel wars pervade history.

Even at the busiest periods, an air of quiet orderliness pervades the hall, and the first impression gained by the traveller is one of efficiency, neatness and cleanliness.

The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.

"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"

Word Forms

• pervades
• pervading
• pervaded

Synonyms for pervade

Depending on context, synonyms include permeate, imbue, diffuse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include diffuse, imbue, permeate, prevail, overcast, dominate.

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