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impenetrate

impenetrate verb: to penetrate into.

Verb

impenetrate (third-person singular simple present impenetrates, present participle impenetrating, simple past and past participle impenetrated)

  1. (transitive) To penetrate into.
    • In nature we see forces impenetrating the entire matter, residing in it as its true essence and shaping power.1875, Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine, volume 3, page 108

Forms of impenetrate

third-person singular presentimpenetrates
present participleimpenetrating
past participleimpenetrated
pastimpenetrated

Origin of impenetrate

From im- + penetrate.

Questions about impenetrate

What does impenetrate mean?
Impenetrate means to penetrate into.
What part of speech is impenetrate?
Impenetrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of impenetrate?
The past tense of impenetrate is impenetrated.

Words near impenetrate in the dictionary

  1. impenetrable
  2. impenetrableness
  3. impenetrables
  4. impenetrably
  5. impenetralia
  6. impenetrate
  7. impenetrated
  8. impenetrates
  9. impenetrating
  10. impenetration
  11. impenetrations

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