saturate

English

Etymology

From Latin saturatus, perfect passive participle of saturare (“to fill full”), from satur (“full”).

Verb

saturate (third-person singular simple present saturates, present participle saturating, simple past and past participle saturated)

1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; imbue.

   After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.

2. 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

Croatian: natòpiti (hr), namòčiti (hr) Finnish: kyllästää, kastella läpimäräksi Norwegian: gjennomvæte

Portuguese: saturar (pt) Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich (gd) Spanish: empapar (es)

to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold

Croatian: zàsititi (hr) German: sättigen (de) Norwegian: mette (no)

Portuguese: saturar (pt) Romanian: satura (ro) Spanish: saturar (es)

Related terms

• sate
• satis
• satisfy

External links

• saturate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• saturate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• saturate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

saturate

1. second-person plural present indicative of saturare
2. second-person plural imperative of saturare
3. Feminine plural of saturato

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Latin

Verb

saturāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of saturō