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Definitions
cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
Word origin
The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Used in a sentence
“Rain saturated their clothes.”
“After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.”
“Suppose, on the contrary, that a piece of charcoal saturated with hydrogen gas is put into a receiver filled with carbonic acid gas, […]”
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