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  1. 1. v. t. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Source: opted
  2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. p. a. Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. infuse or fill completely Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herbs 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. (Chem.) 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. Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. Dries his feathers saturate with dew. Cowper. The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs. Longfellow. Source: webster
  7. 7. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert bychemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturatephosphorus with chlorine. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v:100 v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance Source: ecdict

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