Saturating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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