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διεισδύω — meaning in English

dieisdyo

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English meaning

  • infiltrate verb To secretly gain entry into an organization or place, often to spy or cause harm.
  • penetrate verb To make a way into or through something; to pierce or pass into the interior of something.
  • percolate verb To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
  • pierce verb To make a hole through something, usually with something sharp.

Senses

διεισδύω is used for these senses in English:

  • infiltrate (ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
  • penetrate To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
  • percolate (intransitive, figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
  • pierce (transitive) To puncture; to break through.

infiltrate — full definition

  1. verb To secretly gain entry into an organization or place, often to spy or cause harm.
  2. verb To pass gradually into something, as a liquid seeping through a material.

penetrate — full definition

  1. verb To make a way into or through something; to pierce or pass into the interior of something.
  2. verb To come to understand something fully despite difficulty; to see through to the truth of it.

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