(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. / (intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. / The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.

(transitive, intransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. / (intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.

(obsolete) Leaky.

Alternative form of nonetheless

Numerous; vast; very great in number

(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

(transitive) To form into legions.

The part of sociology that characterizes society as a whole

That part of sociology that studies specific situations.