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sat·u·rate

Audio Help [v. sach-uh-reyt; adj., n. sach-er-it, -uh-reyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -rat·ed, -rat·ing, adjective, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.

2.	to charge to the utmost, as with magnetism.

3.	to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely: to saturate a sponge with water; a town saturated with charm.

4.	to destroy (a target) completely with bombs and missiles.

5.	to send so many planes over (a target area) that the defensive electronic tracking equipment becomes ineffective.

6.	to furnish (a market) with goods to its full purchasing capacity.

–verb (used without object)

7.	to become saturated.

–adjective

8.	saturated.

–noun

9.	a saturated fat or fatty acid.

[Origin: 1530–40; < L saturātus (ptp. of saturāre to fill), equiv. to satur- full, well-fed (see sad) + -ātus -ate¹

]

—Synonyms 3. See wet.

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sat·u·rate Audio Help (sāch'ə-rāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. sat·u·rat·ed, sat·u·rat·ing, sat·u·rates

To imbue or impregnate thoroughly: "The recollection was saturated with sunshine" (Vladimir Nabokov). See Synonyms at charge.
To soak, fill, or load to capacity.
Chemistry To cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.

adj. (-rĭt)
Saturated.

[Latin saturāre, saturāt-, to fill, from satur, sated; see sā- in Indo-European roots.]

sat'u·ra·ble (sāch'ər-ə-bəl) adj., sat'u·ra'tor n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
saturate (v.)

1538, "to satisfy, satiate," from L. saturatus, pp. of saturare "to fill full, sate, drench," from satur "sated, full," from PIE base *sa- "to satisfy" (see sad). Meaning "soak thoroughly" first recorded 1756. Marketing sense first recorded 1958. Saturation bombing first recorded 1942, in ref. to Allied air raid on Cologne.

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saturate
verb
1.	cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
2.	infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" [syn: impregnate]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
saturate1 [ˈsӕtʃəreit] verb

to make very wet
Example: Saturate the earth round the plants.

Arabic:	يُشْبِع
Chinese (Simplified):	渗透
Chinese (Traditional):	滲透
Czech:	nasytit vodou
Danish:	gennemvæde
Dutch:	doordrenken
Estonian:	läbi immutama
Finnish:	liottaa
French:	imbiber
German:	durchtränken
Greek:	διαποτίζω, κάνω κτ. τελείως υγρό
Hungarian:	átitat
Icelandic:	gegnvæta
Indonesian:	membasahi
Italian:	impregnare, inzuppare

Japanese:	浸す
Korean:	흠뻑 적시다
Latvian:	piesūcināt; samitrināt
Lithuanian:	prisotinti
Norwegian:	gjennombløte, *-væte
Polish:	nasycać
Portuguese (Brazil):	saturar
Portuguese (Portugal):	saturar
Romanian:	a îmbiba
Russian:	пропитывать
Slovak:	namočiť, napustiť, nasiaknuť
Slovenian:	prepojiti
Spanish:	empapar
Swedish:	genomdränka, göra genomblöt
Turkish:	iyice ıslatmak

saturate2 [ˈsӕtʃəreit] verb

to fill completely
Example: The market has been saturated with paintings like that.

Arabic:	يَملأ السوق بالبَضائِع
Chinese (Simplified):	饱和
Chinese (Traditional):	飽和
Czech:	nasytit
Danish:	mætte
Dutch:	verzadigen
Estonian:	küllastama
Finnish:	kyllästää
French:	saturer
German:	sättigen
Greek:	γεμίζω μέχρι κορεσμού
Hungarian:	telít
Icelandic:	metta
Indonesian:	membanjiri
Italian:	saturare, rendere saturo*

Japanese:	～を一杯にする
Korean:	완전히 채우다
Latvian:	piepildīt; piesātināt
Lithuanian:	pripildyti
Norwegian:	gjennomsyre, mette
Polish:	zapełnić
Portuguese (Brazil):	saturar
Portuguese (Portugal):	inundar
Romanian:	a satura
Russian:	насыщать
Slovak:	nasýtiť
Slovenian:	zasititi
Spanish:	saturar
Swedish:	mätta
Turkish:	doyurmak

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Saturate

Sat"ire\ (?; in Eng. often ?; 277), n. [L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See Sate, Sad, a., and cf. Saturate.]

1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.

2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

Syn: Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Saturate

Sat"u*rant\, a. [L. saturans, p. pr. See Saturate.] Impregnating to the full; saturating.

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