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pervading

pervading is the present participle and gerund of pervade.

Meaning of pervade

Verb

pervade (third-person singular simple present pervades, present participle pervading, simple past and past participle pervaded)

  1. (transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
    • Cruel wars pervade history.

Words formed from pervading

Questions about pervading

What is pervading the present participle and gerund of?
Pervading is the present participle and gerund of pervade.

Words near pervading in the dictionary

  1. pervaded
  2. pervadence
  3. pervader
  4. pervaders
  5. pervades
  6. pervading
  7. pervadingly
  8. pervadingness
  9. pervaginal
  10. pervalicious
  11. pervalvar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pervading (page history and authors); pervade (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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