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▪ I. interpenetrate, v.|ɪntəˈpɛnɪtreɪt|
[inter- 1.]
1. trans. To penetrate between the parts or particles of (anything); to penetrate thoroughly; to pass through and through, permeate, pervade.
1818Shelley Eugan. Hills 313 Living things..And my spirit..Interpenetrated lie By the glory of the sky. 1825Coleridge Statesm. Man. (1858) I. App. B. 458 It follows, that reason..must be interpenetrated by a power, that represents the concentration of all in each. 1834Medwin Angler in Wales I. 59 The water is everywhere interpenetrated by air, which the fishes breathe. 1872Huxley Phys. vi. 144 The food..thus becomes interpenetrated..with the salivary fluid. 1883Contemp. Rev. Nov. 645 Greeks, Romans, Arabs, and Levantines interpenetrating the country.
b. intr.
1879D. M. Wallace Australas. xiv. 269 Owing to the great amount of sea which interpenetrates among the islands.
2. intr. To penetrate each other; to unite or mingle by mutual penetration.
1809–10Coleridge Friend (1850) I. xiii. 119 Law and religion thus interpenetrating neutralized each other. 1820Shelley Vis. of Sea 120 At one gate They encounter, but interpenetrate. 1870Baldw. Brown Eccl. Truth 278 No order keeps to itself, they all interlock and interpenetrate.
b. trans. To penetrate reciprocally.
1843Trench Five Serm. Cambr. 43 Sin and suffering do ever interpenetrate one another. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets ii. 61 The influence of love and harmony kept the elements joined and interpenetrated. 1875J. Croll Climate & T. xiii. 219 The polar current and the Gulf-stream are mutually interpenetrated. 1884Expositor Jan. 18 Two main spheres of thought..overlapping and interpenetrating each other.
3. Arch. (trans. and intr.) To appear as if penetrating or passing through a moulding, etc. See interpenetration 3.
1840Willis in Gwilt Archit. (1876) 933 Knobs..which really represent the Gothic base of a square mullion on the same plinth with the hollow chamfered mullion, and interpenetrating with it. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xxx. (ed. 3) 451 Their shafts interpenetrating the mouldings of the panels and tracery.
Hence interˈpenetrating ppl. a.
1873Symonds Grk. Poets xii. 409 They blend and mingle in a concord of separate yet interpenetrating beauties. 1888Spectator 22 Sept. 1292 The extreme complexity of the various interpenetrating systems of law under which the American citizen lives makes him a slave to lawyers.
▪ II. interpenetrate, ppl. a.|ɪntəˈpɛnɪtrət|
[f. inter- 1 b + L. penetrāt-us penetrated.]
Interpenetrated. (Const. as pa. pple.)
1877Blackie Wise Men 303 That true world above..Peopled with stars, and interpenetrate By native glory. |