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osmose
verb
[ ˌɒzˈməʊz ]
• pass by or as if by osmosis.
• "publishing companies osmose like amoebae into ever larger conglomerates"
Origin:
mid 19th century (as a noun in the sense ‘osmosis’): from the element common to endosmose and exosmose .