Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
personate (1)
personate (2)
personification
personify
personnel
persons using radio
persons using television
perspective
Perspex
perspicacious
perspicacity
perspicuity
perspicuous
perspiration
perspire
persuadable
persuade
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

pervade
per·vade [ pər váyd ] (past and past participle per·vad·ed, present participle per·vad·ing, 3rd person present singular per·vades)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
spread throughout something: to spread through or be present throughout something
[Mid-17th century. < Latin pervadere "go throughout" < vadere "go"]

per·vad·er noun
per·va·sion [ pər váyzh'n ] noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft