Definition of saturate

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sat·u·rate    (sch-rt) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
sat·u·rat·ed , sat·u·rat·ing , sat·u·rates

1. To imbue or impregnate thoroughly: "The recollection was saturated with sunshine" (Vladimir Nabokov). See Synonyms at charge.
2. To soak, fill, or load to capacity.
3. Chemistry To cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.

ADJECTIVE:
(-rt)

Saturated.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin saturre , saturt-, to fill, from satur, sated; see s- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
satu·ra·ble   (schr--bl) KEY  (Adjective), satu·rator (Noun)

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