[sat.u.rate] vt -rat.ed ; -rat.ing [L saturatus, pp. of saturare, fr. satur well-fed--more at satire] (1538) 1: to satisfy fully: satiate
2: to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained "water saturated with salt" 3 a: to fill completely with something that permeates or pervades "book is saturated with Hollywood, old and new --Newgate Callendar" b: to load to capacity
4: to cause to combine till there is no further tendency to combine syn see soak -- sat.u.ra.tor n
[2]sat.u.rate adj (1782): saturated