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Infiltrate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Infiltrate has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Any undesirable substance or group of cells that has made its way into part of the body.

Verb
1

cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices

2

enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members

"The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"

3

pass into or through by filtering or permeating

"the substance infiltrated the material"

4

pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict

5

To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
percolate join pass
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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