pervade
/pɜː(ɹ)ˈveɪd//pɚˈveɪd/
pervade verb: to be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
Verb
pervade (third-person singular simple present pervades, present participle pervading, simple past and past participle pervaded)
- To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
- Cruel wars pervade history.
- "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
pervade meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
pervade in Tamil
- to pervade
- வியாபி viyāpi
- to pervade, spread
- அமல் amal
- to pervade, swarm everywhere
- விழுங்கு viḻuṅku
pervade in Bengali
- ব্যাপ্ত হওয়া, সর্বত্র ছড়িয়ে পড়া
pervade in Malayalam
- കിനിയുക, പ്രവഹിക്കുക, എങ്ങുമെത്തുക, പരക്കുക
pervade in Kannada
- to pervade
- ತುಂಬು tumbu
More languagesFewer languages
- pervade in Odia
- ଘୋଟିବା ghoṭibā
Examples of pervade in a sentence
- Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- Even at the busiest periods, an air of quiet orderliness pervades the hall, and the first impression gained by the traveller is one of efficiency, neatness and cleanliness.1951 October, H. A. Vallance, “Across Denmark by Lyntog”, in Railway Magazine, page 658:
Forms of pervade
| third-person singular present | pervades |
|---|---|
| present participle | pervading |
| past participle | pervaded |
| past | pervaded |
Origin of pervade
Learned borrowing from Latin pervādō.
Words formed from pervade
Words that rhyme with pervade
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
Questions about pervade
- What does pervade mean?
- Pervade means to be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
- What is pervade in Tamil?
- Pervade in Tamil is வியாபி (viyāpi), அமல் (amal), விழுங்கு (viḻuṅku). See Pervade meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use pervade in a sentence?
- Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"
- What part of speech is pervade?
- Pervade is a verb.
- How do you pronounce pervade?
- Pervade is pronounced /pɜː(ɹ)ˈveɪd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of pervade?
- The past tense of pervade is pervaded.
Words near pervade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pervade (page history and authors); அமல் (Tamil) (page history and authors); Pervade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pervade (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ತುಂಬು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ଘୋଟିବା (Odia) (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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