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penetrate
English
Etymology
From Latin pen?tr?tus, past participle of pen?tr? (“to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate”), from penes (“within, with”) by analogy to intr? (“to go in, enter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?n?t?e?t/
- Hyphenation: pen?e?trate
Verb
penetrate (third-person singular simple present penetrates, present participle penetrating, simple past and past participle penetrated)
- To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
- (figuratively) To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
- things which here were […] too subtile for us to penetrate
- To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature
- The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature
- To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
- To insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina or anus.
- (chess) To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
Derived terms
- penetration
- penetrable
Translations
Further reading
- penetrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- penetrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- penetrate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penet?rate/
Verb
penetrate
- present adverbial passive participle of penetri
Italian
Verb
penetrate
- second-person plural present indicative of penetrare
- second-person plural imperative of penetrare
- feminine plural of penetrato
Latin
Verb
penetr?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of penetr?
penetrate From the web:
- what penetrates water in the photic zone
- what penetrates the hair follicle
- what penetrates the skin
- what penetrate mean
- what penetrates the diaphragm
- what penetrates the blood brain barrier
- what penetrates nails
- what penetrates the anterior sacral foramina
detect
English
Etymology
From Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”), from de- + tegere (“to cover”); see tegument, tile, thatch
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??t?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
detect (third-person singular simple present detects, present participle detecting, simple past and past participle detected)
- to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
Derived terms
- detection
- detective
- detector
Descendants
- ? Catalan: detectar
- ? French: détecter
- ? Dutch: detecteren
- ? Portuguese: detectar
- ? Romanian: detecta
- ? Spanish: detectar
Translations
See also
- discover
- find
- stumble upon
Adjective
detect (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Detected.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fabyan to this entry?)
Further reading
- detect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- detect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- dectet
detect From the web:
- what detects dynamic equilibrium
- what detects color in the eye
- what detects earthquakes
- what detects the stimulus
- what detects radiation
- what detects a signal molecule
- what detected mean
- what detects pain
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