verb
Meanings
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verb
to penetrate one another thoroughly; to pervade mutually
In the novel, dream and reality interpenetrate seamlessly.
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Derived forms
interpenetration
Etymology
From inter- ('mutually, between') + penetrate, the latter from Latin penetratus, past participle of penetrare ('to put or get into, pierce'), from penitus ('within').
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