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# to make extremely [[wet]], to the point of maximum wetness; to completely [[soak]], [[penetrate]], [[impregnate]], [[imbue]]. |
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#: ''After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were '''saturated'''.'' |
#: ''After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were '''saturated'''.'' |
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# To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold. |
# To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold. |
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Revision as of 05:27, 12 January 2013
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) saturatus, perfect passive participle of (deprecated template usage) saturare, from (deprecated template usage) satur.
Verb
saturate (third-person singular simple present saturat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle saturated)
- to make extremely wet, to the point of maximum wetness; to completely soak, penetrate, impregnate, imbue.
- After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.
- To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
- One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
Translations
to become penetrated or soaked
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to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold
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Related terms
External links
- “saturate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “saturate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “saturate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
saturate
- (deprecated template usage) second-person plural present indicative of saturare
- (deprecated template usage) second-person plural imperative of saturare
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) saturāte