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interpenetrate

UK/ɪntəˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/US/ɪntɚˈpɛnətɹeɪt/

interpenetrate verb: to penetrate mutually or reciprocally.

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.
    • It interpenetrates my granite mass, / Through tangled roots and trodden clay doth pass, / Into the utmost leaves and delicatest flowers; [...]1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 141
    • [O]ur 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.1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “Monk Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk), page 46

interpenetrate meaning in Tamil and Bengali

interpenetrate in Tamil

முழுதும் உட்செல், உட்செலுத்து, ஆழ்ந்து ஊடுருவிப் பரவு, ஒன்றை ஒன்று ஊடுறுவு

interpenetrate in Bengali

পরস্পর, উভয়মুখীভাবে প্রবেশ করা, ব্যাপ্ত হওয়া, সর্বত্র ছড়িয়ে পড়া

Forms of interpenetrate

third-person singular presentinterpenetrates
present participleinterpenetrating
past participleinterpenetrated
pastinterpenetrated

Origin of interpenetrate

From inter- + penetrate.

Questions about interpenetrate

What does interpenetrate mean?
Interpenetrate means to penetrate mutually or reciprocally.
What is interpenetrate in Tamil?
Interpenetrate in Tamil is முழுதும் உட்செல், உட்செலுத்து, ஆழ்ந்து ஊடுருவிப் பரவு. See Interpenetrate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is interpenetrate?
Interpenetrate is a verb.
How do you pronounce interpenetrate?
Interpenetrate is pronounced /ɪntəˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of interpenetrate?
The past tense of interpenetrate is interpenetrated.

Words near interpenetrate in the dictionary

  1. interpellatory
  2. interpelling
  3. interpels
  4. interpenetrable
  5. interpenetrant
  6. interpenetrate
  7. interpenetrated
  8. interpenetrates
  9. interpenetrating
  10. interpenetratingly
  11. interpenetration

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interpenetrate (page history and authors); interpenetrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interpenetrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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