Definition of "interpenetrate" [in•ter•pen•e•trate]

• To become mixed or united by penetration: planes that interpenetrate in a painting. (verb-intransitive)
• To penetrate reciprocally: The streams interpenetrate each other at the rapids. (verb-transitive)
• To penetrate thoroughly; permeate or pervade. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Commercial and noncommercial spaces interpenetrate."
• "With the imaginary, "mind and material do not squarely meet and interpenetrate.""
• "Kate Elliott adds another sensible answer, which is that the religion, whatever it is, should be thoroughly worked out as a part of good world-building, and should interpenetrate with the other parts of the culture."