Definition of "pervaded" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of pervade. (verb)

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• "According to Armey's contention, the period of Clinton-Gingrich cooperation could have been motivated by their private connection, only to be destroyed when the scandal went public and partisan tensions again pervaded Washington."
• "Whatever occurs to harass her, usually settles in her legs; but on this occasion it mounted to the chest, and then to the head, and, in short, pervaded the whole system in a most alarming manner."
• "He died a martyr's death, but only because he was pervaded from the beginning with the elements of a martyr's spirit."