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verb

(1) Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

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Etymology

From Middle English sipen, from Old English sipian, probably cognate with Middle English sippen "to sip". Cf. Middle High German ( > archaic German ).

Noun

a place where water, petroleum or tar seeps out of the ground
a seepage

Verb

to ooze, or pass slowly through pores or other small openings