'Saturating' definitions:

Definition of 'Saturating'

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  • 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.]
  • 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. [1913 Webster]
  • Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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