SATURATE

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


Etymology

Verb

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.

Noun

saturate (plural saturates)

(chemistry) Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.

Adjective

saturate (comparative more saturate, superlative most saturate)

Saturated; wet.

(entomology) Very intense.

Anagrams

• artuates, taurates, tuateras

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



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IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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