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pervade(verb) Spread or diffuse through. Synonyms: imbue, permeate, riddle, penetrateUsage: Yet amid all these varieties and incongruities, there is a common meaning or spirit which pervades his writings.
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Regardless of the Spaniards tiki-taka style of playing soccer, the dutch pervaded their (the Spaniards) midfield to score five goals.
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Many Americans are outraged by the poor treatment that pervades the medical system set up for veterans. Not only do they have to wait for ages to get to see a doctor but they also are often subjected to callous treatment by some doctors and nurses. Many Americans fear that what is happening to the veterans will happen to them if the United States goes to a European-style healthcare system.
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PERVADE in literature
THE GREAT GATSBY By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapter 8
"Just as Daisy’s house had always seemed to him more mysterious and gay than other houses, so his idea of the city itself, even though she was gone from it, was pervaded with a melancholy beauty."
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The smell of her cheap perfume pervaded the air. GW
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To pass through on the way to invade somewhere else.
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