Pervade
/pɚˈveɪd/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate. transitive
"Cruel wars pervade history."
- 2 spread or diffuse through wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Science and technology have come to pervade every aspect of our lives and, as a result, society is changing at a speed which is quite unprecedented."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pervādō.