Antonyms for permeates


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pur-mee-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr miˌeɪt


Definition of permeates

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin permeatus, past participle of permeare "to pass through" (see permeable). Related: Permeated; permeating.
  • verb filter, spread throughout
Example sentences :
  • It permeates them all, and renders possible all life activity and functioning.
  • Extract from : « The Human Aura » by Swami Panchadasi
  • It permeates everything and everybody, everywhere and always.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband
  • The genius of the artist, however, permeates the world on waves of light.
  • Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 » by Various
  • They have an unpleasant odor which permeates the rice field.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan » by John U. Wolff
  • This one essence or Self (Atman) permeates the whole Universe.
  • Extract from : « Indian Myth and Legend » by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
  • From such a longing a new art that permeates our life has arisen.
  • Extract from : « Life's Basis and Life's Ideal » by Rudolf Eucken
  • There is in the universe an Aura which permeates all things and makes them what they are.
  • Extract from : « A History of Chinese Literature » by Herbert A. Giles
  • The latter, at any rate, permeates it in an alarming degree.
  • Extract from : « 'I Believe' and other essays » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • It is not the nature of the aristocrat that permeates the cottager, but the nature of the cottager that permeates the aristocrat.
  • Extract from : « Field and Hedgerow » by Richard Jefferies
  • It permeates all the worlds and at the same time is infinitely higher than they.
  • Extract from : « A Letter to a Hindu » by Leo Tolstoy

Synonyms for permeates

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