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saturates

The correct spelling is saturates.

How to pronounce saturates

verb

Say it like: Sat-ura-tes

The correct spelling is saturates. To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid). For example: "After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated."

Usage Examples

After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.

Modern television is saturated with violence.

One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
  2. 2.To fill to excess.
  3. 3.To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
  4. 4.To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

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