INFILTRATE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. The water infiltrates through the porous rock. Addison.

2.
v.

To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively. J. S. Mill.


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