Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Permeate

Permeate , transitive verb

[Latin permeatus, past participle of permeare to permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]

1.
To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand. — Woodward
2.
To enter and spread through; to pervade; as, after the first setback, the team became permeated with pessimism.
God was conceived to be diffused throughout the whole world, to permeate and pervade all things. — Cudworth