English Dictionary: saturate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |