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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)
- To penetrate mutually or reciprocally.
- 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.
- Shelley
Italian
Verb
interpenetrate
- second-person plural present indicative of interpenetrare
- second-person plural imperative of interpenetrare
Participle
interpenetrate
- feminine singular of the past participle of interpenetrare