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saturate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Innumerable flocks and herds 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.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, p. a. [L. saturatus p. p.] Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. Dries his feathers saturate with dew. --Cowper. The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs. --Longfellow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: saturate v 1: make (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material, etc.) saturated 2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" [syn: {impregnate}] 3: fill, soak, or imbue totally; "saturate the bandage with disinfectant" [syn: {soak}, {imbue}]
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