Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Penetrate has 8 different meanings across 1 category:
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"
"she was penetrated with sorrow"
enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
"The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"
make one's way deeper into or through
"The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"
To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
"The sharp arrow managed to penetrate the thick armor and wound the knight deep inside his chest."