saturate
(verb) cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
impregnate, saturate
(verb) infuse or fill completely; “Impregnate the cloth with alcohol”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
saturate (third-person singular simple present saturates, present participle saturating, simple past and past participle saturated)
To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
(figurative) To fill to excess.
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
(optics) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
saturate (plural saturates)
(chemistry) Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.
saturate (comparative more saturate, superlative most saturate)
Saturated; wet.
(entomology) Very intense.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sat"u*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating.] Etym: [L. saturatus, p.p. of saturate 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. Innumerable flocks and herbs covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. Emerson.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: 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.
Sat"u*rate, p. a. Etym: [L. saturatus, p. p.]
Definition: Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. Dries his feathers saturate with dew. Cowper. The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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