SATURATE

I. transitive verb (-rated; -rating) see: satire Date: 1538 to satisfy fully ; satiate , to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained , 3. to fill completely with something that permeates or pervades , to load to capacity, to cause to combine until there is no further tendency to combine, see: soak saturator noun II. adjective Date: 1782 ~d