pervade
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～ spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
pervaporate
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～ cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
pervaporate
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～ evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
pervert
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～ change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
pervert
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～ corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
pervert
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～ practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words"
pester
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～ annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
pestle
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～ grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"
pet
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～ stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
pet
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～ stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb"
peter out
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～ use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
peter out
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～ end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
petition
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～ write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
petrify
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～ make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
petrify
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～ change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
petrify
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～ cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
pettifog
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～ argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"