penetrate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 External links 2 Esperanto 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Verb

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From Latin penetratus, pp. of penetrare (“‘to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate’”) < penes (“‘within, with’”) + -trare (as in intrare (“‘to go in, enter’”) < intra (“‘within’”)).

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to penetrate (third-person singular simple present penetrates, present participle penetrating, simple past and past participle penetrated)

1. Manage to enter into.
   • 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:

     He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.

2. To insert a penis into an opening, such as a vagina.

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• penetration
• penetrable

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• penetrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• penetrate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• penetrate at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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• IPA: /penetˈrate/

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penetrate

1. present adverbial passive participle of penetri

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penetrate

1. Second-person plural present tense of penetrare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of penetrare.
3. Feminine plural of penetrato.