Etymology

compenetrate

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Today it means: To penetrate every part of (something); to permeate. Full definition →

New Latin compenetrātus
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromcompenetrātus
  2. English todaycompenetrate

First attested in 1636; borrowed from New Latin compenetrātus, perfect passive participle of compenetrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, con- + penetrate.

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