From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Permeate \Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Permeated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Permeating.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to
permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]
1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate
and pass through without causing rupture or displacement;
-- applied especially to fluids which pass through
substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
--Woodward.
[1913 Webster]
2. To enter and spread through; to pervade; as, after the
first setback, the team became permeated with pessimism.
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God was conceived to be diffused throughout the
whole world, to permeate and pervade all things.
--Cudworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
permeated \permeated\ adj.
p. p. of permeate; as, Her poems are permeated with sorrow.
[WordNet 1.5] permeating