pervade

 
Pronunciation: /pəˈveɪd/

verb

[with object]
  • (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of: a smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air
  • be present and apparent throughout: the sense of crisis which pervaded Europe in the 1930s

Derivatives

pervader

noun

pervasion

Pronunciation: /-ʒ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

mid 17th century (also in the sense 'traverse'): from Latin pervadere, from per- 'throughout' + vadere 'go'