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Definition of Interpenetrate
1. Verb. Penetrate mutually or be interlocked. "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot"
Specialized synonyms: Invade
Generic synonyms: Penetrate, Perforate
Derivative terms: Interpenetration, Permeation, Permeation
2. Verb. Spread or diffuse through. "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
Generic synonyms: Penetrate, Perforate
Specialized synonyms: Spiritise, Spiritize
Derivative terms: Diffusion, Diffusive, Diffusor, Diffusor, Interpenetration, Penetrative, Permeant, Permeation, Permeation, Permeative, Pervasion, Pervasive
Definition of Interpenetrate
1. v. t. To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.
2. v. i. To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts.
Definition of Interpenetrate
1. Verb. To penetrate mutually or reciprocally ¹
2. Verb. To permeate or pervade ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Interpenetrate
1. [v -TRATED, -TRATING, -TRATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interpenetrate
Literary usage of Interpenetrate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Space, Time, and Deity: The Gifford Lectures at Glasgow, 1916-1918 by Samuel Alexander (1920)
"The qualities of a substance do not interpenetrate. ... They seem to interpenetrate
only because not distinguished in our apprehension. ..."
2. Descriptive Mineralogy: With Especial Reference to the Occurrences and Uses by Edward Henry Kraus (1911)
"Here two right- or left- handed crystals so interpenetrate that the positive ...
When two left-handed crystals interpenetrate the trigonal trap- ..."
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