transitive verb. To soak or fill so that no more liquid may be absorbed.

transitive verb. To supply with the maximum that can be held or contained; fill thoroughly: synonym: imbue.

transitive verb. To cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.

transitive verb. To supply (a market) with a good or service in an amount that consumers are able and willing to purchase.

adjective. Saturated.

Saturated.

In entomology, deep; very intense: applied to colors: as, saturate green, umber, black, etc.

To fill full or to excess; cause to be thoroughly penetrated or imbued; soak: as, to saturate a sponge with water; a mind saturated with prejudice.

In chem., to impregnate or unite with till no more can be received: thus, an acid saturates an alkali, and an alkali saturates an acid, when the point of neutralization has been reached, and the mixture is neither acid nor basic in its character.

In physics: To bring (a given space or a vapor) into a state of saturation. See saturation .

To magnetize (a magnet) to saturation, or so that the intensity of its magnetization is the greatest which it can retain when not under the inductive action of a strong magnetic field.

In optics, to render pure, or free from admixture of white light: said of colors.

To satisfy.

transitive verb. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.

transitive verb. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.

adjective. Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.

verb. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; imbue.

verb. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.

verb. infuse or fill completely

verb. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

"My new strategy begins like the old, with "shock and awe," but this time let us "saturate" the cities and the villages of Yemen, not with explosives and incendiaries, but rather with food, potable water, clothing, medicines and even money."

impregnate  

sate  satis  satisfy  

saturated  saturating  

alter  change  modify  

film-forming  hydrofluoric  lauric  linolenic  low-molecular-weight  

allay  bathe  besprinkle  breathe  brew  

saturated  saturates  saturating