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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.
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Saturation
2. Verb. Infuse or fill completely. "They saturate the cloth with water and alcohol"; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
Specialized synonyms: Medicate, Alcoholise, Alcoholize, Imbue, Soak, Ammonify, Thoriate, Stuff, Charge, Drench, Imbrue
Generic synonyms: Fill, Fill Up, Make Full
Derivative terms: Impregnation
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
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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)
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