Saturate1. (v. t.) To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
2. (v. t.) 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.
3. (p. a.) Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
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