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pervade
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synonyms: suffuse, ~ramify ???
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Definition:1. To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.2. To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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The passage was a long one, and seemed to pervade the whole square basement of the Manor House.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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Laska detected at once a smell that pervaded the whole marsh,
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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a profound stillness pervaded the vicinity.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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she already partook of the pervading spirit of neglect which encompassed her.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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At last, one morning, the propeller was quiet, and the Narwhal was pervaded with an atmosphere of excitement.
Jack London. The Call of the Wild (1903)
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There was an air distingué pervading the whole man, which spoke of high breeding, and hinted at high birth.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4: The Man That Was Used Up (1839)
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Guilt pervades me,
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale (1986)
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