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saturate

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Saturate may refer to: Saturate (Breaking Benjamin album) , 2002 Saturate (Gojira album) , 1999 Saturate (Jeff Deyo album) , 2002 " Electronic Battle Weapon 8 ", a song by The Chemical Brothers, a shorter version of which was released under the name "Saturate" ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saturate \Sat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating .] [L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See Satire .] To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, "to satisfy, satiate," from Latin saturatus , past participle of saturare "to fill full, sate, drench," from satur "sated, full," from PIE root *sa- "to satisfy" (see sad ). Meaning "soak thoroughly" first recorded 1756. Marketing sense first recorded ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material, etc.) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" [syn: impregnate ]

Usage examples of saturate.

It was saturated with blood by the time 1 fumbled out the ampoule of No-shock, laid it against her arm and pushed the button.

Saturated with Moisture before Entering the Drying Apparatus -- Drying Apparatus, in which, in the Drying Chamber, a Pressure is Artificially Created, Higher or Lower than that of the Atmosphere -- Drying by Means of Superheated Steam, without Air --Heating Surface, Velocity of the Air Current, Dimensions of the Drying Room, Surface of the Drying Material, Losses of Heat -- Index.

By Christmas, the syrup formed from the juice, the sugar, and the spirit, will have covered and saturated the fruit, and then a couple of tablespoonfuls will not only make an agreeable dessert liqueur, but will act as an astringent cordial of a very pleasant sort.

Ahf Noot and four of his assistants entered the first section of the operating theatre and remained there several hours where they were subjected to waves of bactericides and air saturated with antiseptic emanations until their very breath became sterilized.

The heady fluid played beguiling tricks as the air cooled and dried it, leaving a hot, penetrating residue that saturated deeply into her fluttery senses.

Treat this with excess of bisulphate of sodium, then saturate with sulphuretted hydrogen until metals are thrown down as sulphides.

In consequence of their endlessly varied, constantly recurring, intensely earnest speculations and musings over this contrast of finite restlessness and pain with infinite peace and blessedness, a contrast which constitutes the preaching of their priests, saturates their sacred books, fills their thoughts, and broods over all their life, the Orientals are pervaded with a profound horror of individual existence, and with a profound desire for absorption into the Infinite Being.

It is the story, told in great detail and in a style intensely saturated with phonetic and rhythmical expressiveness, of a government clerk who goes mad, obsessed by the idea that a fellow clerk has usurped his identity.

The Homilies are completely saturated with stoicism, both in their ethical and metaphysical systems, and are opposed to Platonism, though Plato is quoted in Hom.

As the barrel of the pistol rose towards her, Deb made a small and breathy noise, not a scream but saturated in fear, and Wimbarton let out a squawk, propelling the mountebank across the room with an almighty shove.

Water began to pool as the thin layer of permeable soil above the level of the subterranean permafrost became saturated.

With each succeeding edition of his books, Montignac put more stress on the difference between bad lipids and good lipids, between saturated, polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated fats, not for losing more weight but for keeping your heart healthy.

It can be so woven as to be almost as porous as wool, and to retain that porousness even when saturated with perspiration.

Matter, the Kind so evil as to saturate with its own pravity even that which is not in it but merely looks towards it.

Matter brings to it, by its decline into Matter, by its very attention no longer to Essence but to Process--whose principle or source is, again, Matter, the Kind so evil as to saturate with its own pravity even that which is not in it but merely looks towards it.