Saturate — Defs

01 v. t. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.

imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating

1.
To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
“Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic.” — Macaulay.

“Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind.” — Emerson.
2.
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.(Chem.)

02 p. a. Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.

1.
Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
“Dries his feathers saturate with dew.” — Cowper.

“The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs.” — Longfellow.