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sat·u·rate I. \ˈsachəˌrāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin saturatus, past participle of saturare to fill, saturate, from satur full of food, satiated — more at sad 1. : to cloy with overabundance : sate, surfeit < a surfeit of war and massive injustice have saturated our capacity for moral indignation — John Barkham > 2. : to satisfy the affinity of (a substance) : cause to combine till there is no further tendency to combine : neutralize < saturate an acid with an alkali > 3. a. : to infuse thoroughly or cause to be pervaded : soak, steep < saturate a sponge with water > < the whole house was saturated with the aroma — Ellen Glasgow > < moonglow … saturates an empty sky — Henry Miller > b. : to fill completely : imbue < the novel … is saturated with individualism and liberal culture — V.S.Pritchett > < this little town with its giant elms is saturated with … traditions — E.A.Weeks > < literary men saturate themselves in attitudes that have become irrelevant — H.J.Muller > c. : to load to capacity : crowd, deluge < jet operations already saturate all air space between 20,000 ft. and 40,000 ft. — Time > < the two-million dollar … campaign, which saturated radio and television for two weeks before election day — Robert Bendiner > specifically : to furnish to an amount which meets present and prospective demands at current prices < believed that 8000 machines … would about saturate the market — Bryan Morgan > d. (1) : to overwhelm (an air defense system) by sending in so many airplanes in a unit of time that detecting and tracking equipment becomes erratic (2) : to blanket (a target area) with bombs or projectiles to the point of utter destruction 4. a. : to impregnate with a vapor to the maximum degree possible at the existing temperature and pressure < saturate air with water vapor > b. : to dissolve in (a solvent) as much of a solute as can be held in solution at the existing temperature and pressure c. : to magnetize (a substance) until further increase of magnetizing force produces no increase in magnetization d. : to increase the voltage on (a vacuum tube or other device) until further voltage increase produces no change in current Synonyms: see permeate II. \ˈsach(ə)rə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ adjective Etymology: Latin saturatus, past participle of saturare to saturate : saturated < seaweed can loll in the water, buoyed by it and even saturate with it — D.C.Peattie > < words … have become enriched by many associations, saturate with many colors — Havelock Ellis > < a saturate solution of silver > III. noun (-s) : a saturated chemical compound |