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English Dictionary: saturate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saturate
v
  1. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
  2. infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
    Synonym(s): impregnate, saturate
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.
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