INTERPENETRATE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.

2.
v.

To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts. Interpenetrating molding (Arch.), in late Gothic architecture, a decoration by means of moldings which seem to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other members; often, two sets of architectural members penetrating one another, in appearance, as if both had been plastic when they were put together.