interpenetrativeadj.
/ɪntəˈpɛnɪtreɪtɪv/ Intimately or reciprocally penetrative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > penetrating > deeply or thoroughly penetrating
interpenetrative1860
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > that mixes or blends > interpenetrating
interfluous1818
interpenetrant1848
interpenetrative1860
interfluent1872
interpenetrating1873
interflowing1898
1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1861) 175 Such a mutually interpenetrative consciousness there was between the father and the old physician.
1875 G. MacDonald St. George & St. Michael (1878) 47 The interpenetrative power of feeling.
Derivatives
interˈpenetratively adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adverb] > in an interpenetrative manner
interpenetrativelya1834
confluently1909
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 197 The philosophic principle, that can only act immediately, that is, interpenetratively, as two globules of quicksilver, and co-adunatively.
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adj.a1834