About The Word Saturate
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Saturate
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Saturate: impregnate Related Terms | Find terms related to Saturate: See Also | alcoholise | alcoholize | alter | ammonify | change | charge | drench | fill | fill up | imbrue | imbue | make full | medicate | soak | stuff | thoriate Saturate In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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