Definitions for: Saturate


[v] cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material, etc.) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
[v] infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: impregnate

See Also: alcoholise, alcoholize, alter, ammonify, change, charge, drench, fill, fill up, imbrue, imbue, make full, medicate, soak, stuff, thoriate

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