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verb
To penetrate every part of (something); to permeate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To penetrate (something) mutually or reciprocally; to interpenetrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
First attested in 1636; borrowed from New Latin compenetrātus, perfect passive participle of compenetrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, con- + penetrate.
