infiltrative verb
in·fil·trate
The verb form of infiltrative is infiltrate
I iDefinitions
- verb with object infiltrative to filter into or through; permeate. 1
- verb with object infiltrative to cause to pass in by filtering. 1
- verb with object infiltrative to move into (an organization, country, territory, or the like) surreptitiously and gradually, especially with hostile intent: The troops infiltrated the enemy lines. 1
- verb with object infiltrative to pass a small number of (soldiers, spies, or the like) into a territory or organization clandestinely and with hostile or subversive intent: The intelligence agency infiltrated three spies into the neighboring country. 1
- verb without object infiltrative to pass into or through a substance, place, etc., by or as by filtering. 1
- verb without object infiltrative Pathology. to penetrate tissue spaces or cells. 1