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Definition of Infiltrate
1. Verb. Cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices.
2. Verb. Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members. "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"
Generic synonyms: Fall In, Get Together, Join
Derivative terms: Infiltration, Infiltrator
3. Verb. Pass into or through by filtering or permeating. "The substance infiltrated the material"
4. Verb. Pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict.
Generic synonyms: Go Across, Go Through, Pass
Derivative terms: Infiltration, Infiltrator
Definition of Infiltrate
1. v. i. To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
2. v. t. To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Definition of Infiltrate
1. Verb. To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access. ¹
2. Verb. To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration. ¹
3. Verb. To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infiltrate
1. [v -TRATED, -TRATING, -TRATES]
Medical Definition of Infiltrate
1. To penetrate. If an IV infiltrates, the IV fluid penetrates the surrounding tissue. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infiltrate
Literary usage of Infiltrate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"May 1953 When the object names the one doing the infiltrating, infiltrate is also
used with with or by: there will be efforts to infiltrate the bandits with ..."
2. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1888)
"Small-cell infiltrate in the spaces, red blood-corpuscles between. •. The -.'n.'
changes in a smaller arteriole. Flo. IV.—LARGE SPACES OF THE OUTER GRANULAR ..."
3. A Treatise on Acute and Chronic Diseases of the Neck of the Uterus by Charles Delucena Meigs (1854)
"... and then dip it again and again in melted virgin wax, so as to infiltrate the
threads completely. Polish the waxen surface with the hands. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"On either side of this infiltrate (on tangential section) the epidermis, ...
The dense cellular infiltrate embedded in the corium gives the impression of ..."
5. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"The epithelium, >-, and Bowman 's membrane, 6, over the infiltrate are ...
The subsequent fate of the infiltrate varies. It may go on to résorption or to ..."
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