Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interpenetrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interpenetrate \In`ter*pen"e*trate\, v. t.
To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.
It interpenetrates my granite mass. --Shelley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interpenetrate \In`ter*pen"e*trate\, v. i.
To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or
their parts.
{Interpenetrating molding} (Arch.), in late Gothic
architecture, a decoration by means of moldings which seem
to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other
members; often, two sets of architectural members
penetrating one another, in appearance, as if both had
been plastic when they were put together.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interpenetrate
v : penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of
two married people interpenetrate a lot" [syn: {permeate}]
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