Saturate
Origin
From Latin saturatus, perfect passive participle of saturare ("to fill full"), from satur ("full").
Full definition of saturate
Verb
- To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- 1815, in the Annals of Philosophy, volume 6, page 332:Suppose, on the contrary, that a piece of charcoal saturated with hydrogen gas is put into a receiver filled with carbonic acid gas, ...
- MacaulayInnumerable flocks and herbs covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic.
- Rain saturated their clothes.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.