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[syn: impregnate, saturate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Saturating.] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to
saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See Satire.]
1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or
soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
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Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast
expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the
moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay.
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Fill and saturate each kind
With good according to its mind. --Emerson.
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2. (Chem.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become
inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold;
as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, p. a. [L. saturatus, p. p.]
Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
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Dries his feathers saturate with dew. --Cowper.
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The sand beneath our feet is saturate
With blood of martyrs. --Longfellow.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
saturate
v 1: cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic
material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of
another substance
2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with
alcohol" [syn: impregnate, saturate]