saturate \sat"urate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. saturated; p. pr. 
   vb. n. saturating. l. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to
   saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. see satire.
   1. to cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or
      soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
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            innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast
            expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the
            moisture of the atlantic.             --macaulay.
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            fill and saturate each kind
            with good according to its mind.      --emerson.
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   2. chem. to satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become
      inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold;
      as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
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see also:
saturated saturating satire