Saturate
WordNet
verb
(1) Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
(2) Infuse or fill completely
"Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From New Latin saturatus, perfect passive participle of saturare, from saturus, future passive participle, from satis, enough.
Verb
- To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; imbue.
- After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.
- To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
- One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.