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Interpenetrate

Inˊter-pen′e-trate

,
Verb.
T.
To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.
It
interpenetrates
my granite mass.
Shelley.

Inˊter-pen′e-trate

,
Verb.
I.
To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts.
Interpenetrating molding
(Arch.)
,
in late Gothic architecture, a decoration by means of moldings which seem to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other members; often, two sets of architectural members penetrating one another, in appearance, as if both had been plastic when they were put together.

Definition 2024


interpenetrate

interpenetrate

English

Verb

interpenetrate (third-person singular simple present interpenetrates, present participle interpenetrating, simple past and past participle interpenetrated)

  1. To penetrate mutually or reciprocally.
  2. To permeate or pervade.
    • Shelley
      It interpenetrates my granite mass.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 6, Monk Samson
      […] our Religion is not yet a horrible restless Doubt, still less a far horribler composed Cant; but a great heaven-high Unquestionability, encompassing, interpenetrating the whole of Life.

Italian

Verb

interpenetrate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of interpenetrare
  2. second-person plural imperative of interpenetrare

Participle

interpenetrate

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of interpenetrare