pervade

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Calm and serenity pervade, and a feeling of bliss holds us.

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  1. transitive verb To be present throughout; permeate. See Synonyms at charge.

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  • In the absence of clarity, a dark cloud hangs over F1 and a febrile atmosphere in which conjecture, paranoia and slander can pervade has been tacitly encouraged to fester. —  Planet-F1 News - News
  • Calm and serenity pervade, and a feeling of bliss holds us. —  French Word-A-Day
  • This technology error was in the article on The Heartland Institute's site from earlier in the week and tends to pervade this report, too. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • However, they contribute to an atmosphere of unease and sometimes violence against gays and lesbians and pervade society, with devastating effects on those who are most vulnerable, such as LGBT children bullied mercilessly by their peers. —  PinkNews.co.uk
  • Fallacy after fallacy and ignorance upon ignorance seems to pervade the chattering classes at the moment. —  Clipmarks | Live Clips
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pervade:   pervaded ·  pervading ·  pervades
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin pervādere : per-, through; see per- + vādere, to go.

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  1. from Latin pervadere. go through, from per, through, + vadere, go, = English wade: see wade. Cf. evade, invade.
 

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