sat·u·rate (s ch  -r t )tr.v. 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. adj. (-r  t) Saturated. [Latin satur re, saturt-, to fill, from satur, sated; see s- in Indo-European roots.]sat u·ra·ble (schr--bl) adj.sat u·rator n. |
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