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Definition of Saturate

1. Verb. Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.

2. Verb. Infuse or fill completely. "They saturate the cloth with water and alcohol"; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"

Definition of Saturate

1. v. t. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.

2. p. a. Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.

Definition of Saturate

1. Verb. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; imbue. ¹

2. Verb. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saturate

1. to fill completely with something that permeates [v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES]

Medical Definition of Saturate

1. Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. "Dries his feathers saturate with dew." (Cowper) "The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs." (Longfellow) Origin: L. Saturatus, p. P. 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. 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. Origin: L. Saturatus, p.p. Of saturate to saturate, fr. Satur full of food, sated. See Satire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saturate

satsivi satsuma satsuma tree satsumas satsumaware satterlyite sattest satumomab saturabilities saturability

saturable saturable reactor saturable reactors saturant saturants saturate (current term) saturated saturated colour saturated fat saturated fatty acid

saturated fatty acids saturated hydrocarbon saturated soil saturated solution saturated steam saturated steroid 6 alpha-hydroxylase saturated vapor pressure saturatedly saturatedness saturater

Literary usage of Saturate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Then boil it in carbonate of soda, saturate the soda with muriatic acid, ... saturate it with barytes water, and ignite the precipitate. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... non-combustible material, and saturate this with a substance giving high incandescence. The invention was now called to the attention of the public, ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"To produce this effect, the workmen first saturate the surface with olive oil, and then apply a solution of gum arabic in boiling ..."

4. American Druggist (1887)
"Carbolic Acid 50 100 Rosin 500 500 Paraffin 700 700 Absorbent Gauze 1000 1000 saturate at a temperature of 140* to 158°, pressing the gauze into the melted ..."

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