pervade
verb
[ pəˈveɪd ]
• (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of.
• "a smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air"
Similar:
spread through,
permeate,
fill,
suffuse,
be diffused through,
diffuse through,
imbue,
penetrate,
pass through,
filter through,
percolate through,
infuse,
perfuse,
extend throughout,
be disseminated through,
flow through,
run through,
charge,
steep,
saturate,
impregnate,
inform,
infiltrate,
invade,
affect,
Origin:
mid 17th century (also in the sense ‘traverse’): from Latin pervadere, from per- ‘throughout’ + vadere ‘go’.
