\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.
         Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast
         expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the
         moisture of the Atlantic.             --Macaulay.
         Fill and saturate each kind With good according to
         its mind.                             --Emerson.
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.

\Sat"u*rate\, p. a. [L. saturatus, p. p.]
Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
      Dries his feathers saturate with dew.    --Cowper.
      The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of
      martyrs.                                 --Longfellow.