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Saturate

Săt'ū-rāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

(săt'yu rāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SATURATED; p. pr. & vb. n. SATURATING.] [Lat. saturare, saturatum, from satur, full of food, sated; It. saturare, Sp. saturar, Fr. saturer.] To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked, to infuse into until no more can be received; to fill fully; to sate.

Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow, saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. Macaulay.

Săt'ū-rate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. saturatus. See supra.] Filled to repletion. “Feathers saturate with dew.” Cowper.