penetrate

Meaning

Verb

• To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
• To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
• To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
• To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
• To insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina, mouth or anus.
• To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.

Origin

• From Latin penētrātus, past participle of penētrō, from penes by analogy to intrō.