tr.v., -vad·ed, -vad·ing, -vades.
To be present throughout; permeate. See synonyms at charge.
[Latin pervādere : per-, through; see per- + vādere, to go.]
pervader per·vad'er n.pervasion per·va'sion (-vā'zhən) n.
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