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  • 61diffuse — I verb bespread, besprinkle, bestrew, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, circumfuse, commingle, deal out, decentralize, diffundere, diffundi, disband, disintegrate, disperse, dispread, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, effuse, go in… …

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  • 62imbue — I verb bathe, drench, fill, imbuere, implant, impress upon the mind, inculcate, indoctrinate, inficere, influence, infuse, inject, inspire, instill, leaven, permeate, pervade, pour in, saturate, soak, tingere II index inculcate, infuse …

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  • 63penetrate — I verb absorb, bore, break into, burst in upon, cut through, empierce, enter, erupt, fill, filter in, flow in, force a passage, give entrance to, go through, gore, imbrue, impale, impregnate, infiltrate, inflow, inject, insert, interfuse, lance,… …

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  • 64permeate — I verb bathe, diffuse, drench, fill, go through, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, interpenetrate, leaven, osmose, overrun, overspread, pass through, penetrate, percolate, pervade, run through, saturate, seep, soak, souse, spread… …

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  • 65Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely …

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  • 66imbue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. saturate; tinge, color, suffuse; instill, inspire. See teaching, mixture. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. inspire, permeate, tinge, inculcate; see instill , teach 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …

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  • 67impregnate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. fertilize, fecundate, pollinate, inseminate, get in trouble (inf.), get in a family way (inf.), knock up (sl.); infuse, soak, permeate, saturate. See reproduction, insertion, mixture. II (Roget s… …

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  • 68infiltrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. penetrate, pervade, permeate; enter, worm in, mix with, assimilate into. See ingress, mixture, passage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. permeate, pervade, penetrate, invade; see filter 1 , insinuate 2 , join… …

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  • 69saturate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. soak, fill, drench, impregnate, imbue. See completion, moisture, sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. soak, overfill, drench, steep; see immerse 1 , soak 1 . See Synonym Study at soak . III (Roget… …

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  • 70pervasive — 1660s, from L. pervas , pp. stem of pervadere (see PERVADE (Cf. pervade)) + IVE (Cf. ive) …

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