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▪ I. infiltrate, v.|ˈɪnfɪltreɪt, ɪnˈfɪltreɪt|
[f. in-2 + filtrate v., perh. after F. infiltrer (Paré, 16th c.).]
1. trans. To introduce by filtration; to cause (a fluid) to permeate through pores or interstices.
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 83 In most of these Abscesses, the Pus seemed rather to be infiltrated than deposited. 1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 537 Sands..which, by means of a calcareous juice which the sea infiltrates at that spot, harden gradually. 1854tr. Lamartine's Mem. Celebr. Char. II. Milton 5 The air of Naples, which infiltrated itself through his veins. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xv. 293 The tissues becoming disorganized, and the blood thereupon being infiltrated into them, dark blotches appear on the skin.
fig.1876J. Grant One of the ‘600’ vi. 51 Love steals into the nature..infiltrating its sentiments..through every crevice of the being. 1885R. W. Dixon Hist. Ch. Eng. III. 354 Into the body of..ancient matter he skilfully infiltrated a leaven of spurious additions.
2. To pass into or permeate by filtration; to pass through the pores or interstices of (a substance). Freq. in pass. infiltrated with (rarely infiltrated by).
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 141 Purulent Serum..with which the Parts were infiltrated. 1867J. Hogg Microsc. i. ii. 67 As this infiltrates the osseous substance. 1869Eng. Mech. 10 Dec. 294/2 The blood..infiltrates the loose tissue. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 225 Carbonized remains, often infiltrated with mineral matter.
fig.1884Expositor Dec. 457 Abstractions infiltrated with analogical conceptions.
3. intr. To pass through or into a substance by filtration; to percolate through pores or interstices.
1828in Webster. 1851Carpenter Man. Phys. (ed. 2) 362 The watery part of the blood from the small vessels..may either infiltrate into the areolar tissue, or it may be poured into some neighbouring serous cavity. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh ii. 1059 Death's black dust..Infiltrated through every secret fold Of this sealed letter.
fig.1858J. Martineau Stud. Chr. 24 The Greek element of thought..infiltrating through the theosophy of Alexandria. 1861Sir J. K. Shuttleworth Let. to Earl Granville 51 Education infiltrates from the upper and governing classes to the lower.
4. Mil. trans. and intr. To penetrate (enemy lines) by the gradual or surreptitious movement of small numbers of troops; to move (one's own troops) surreptitiously into the enemy's lines. Also fig., esp. for the purpose of political subversion.
1934in Webster. 1944Times 1 Apr. 8/1 Skilfully infiltrating through the chain of Japanese outposts and garrisons, the force penetrated hostile territory as far as the Shan States. 1956A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 125 Some of its branches had been infiltrated by Communists. 1958[see fifth column]. 1972Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 21 Jan. 27/1 There CIA agents succeeded in infiltrating several of its groups. 1972Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 4/6 Terrorist groups started infiltrating from neighbouring African States. 1972Sunday Express 21 May 17/5 Security men fear that Moscow would take the chance to infiltrate agents into Britain. 1972Daily Tel. 19 June 2/1, I was paid..about {pstlg}500 for infiltrating the IRA network in London. 1974Ibid. (Colour Suppl.) 1 Mar. 7/2 Equally insidious is the way in which Communists..are infiltrated into the sphere of education.
▪ II. inˈfiltrate, n.
[f. prec.: cf. filtrate n.]
An infiltrated substance; an infiltration.
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