percolate
[verb]
Synonyms: permeate, charge, compenetrate, impenetrate, impregnate, interpenetrate, penetrate, pervade, saturate, transfuse, exude, bleed, ooze, screeve, seep, sicker, strain, sweat, transude, weep

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per‧co‧late /ˈpɜːkəleɪt $ ˈpɜːr-/ verb
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of percolare 'to put through a sieve']

1. [intransitive] if an idea, feeling, or piece of information percolates through a group, it gradually spreads
percolate through/down
The message has begun to percolate through the organization.
These ideas were slow to percolate.

2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if liquid, light, or air percolates somewhere, it passes slowly through a material that has very small holes in it
percolate through/down/into
Rainwater percolates down through the rock.

3. [intransitive and transitive] (also perk) if coffee percolates, or if you percolate it, you make it in a special pot in which hot water goes up through a tube and then passes down through crushed coffee beans
—percolation /ˌpɜːkəˈleɪʃən $ ˌpɜːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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