saturate

verb

infuse or fill completely

cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

Roots

satursatur- · Latin · full, sated

Synonyms for saturate

oversaturatev impregnatev supersaturatev imbruev drenchv permeatev soakv pervadev suffusev interpenetratev imbuev

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