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Word entry · 7 letters

pervade

Best crossword clue

"Spread throughout"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /pɜː(ɹ)ˈveɪd/Part of speech verbSorted adeeprvStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. spread or diffuse through

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin pervādō.

Used in a sentence

  • Cruel wars pervade history.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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