sat|u|rate

sat|u|rate
sat|u|rate «SACH uh rayt», verb, -rat|ed, -rat|ing, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to soak thoroughly; fill full: »

During the fog, the air was saturated with moisture. The rain had saturated us by the time we had walked all the way home. Saturate the moss with water before planting the bulbs in it. Figurative. The whole spiritual atmosphere was saturated with cant (James A. Froude).

 SYNONYM(S): steep, drench, imbue.
2. to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance. A saturated solution of sugar is one that cannot dissolve any more sugar.
3. Physics. to magnetize (a substance) so that the intensity of its magnetization reaches its maximum value.
4. to cover with or concentrate bombs on (a target) so as to destroy completely.
–adj.
1. (of colors) intense; deep.
2. = saturated. (Cf. ↑saturated)
╂[< Latin saturāre (with English -ate1) to glut, sate < satur full < satis enough]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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