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Word: Saturate
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘satisfied’): from Latin saturat- ‘filled, glutted’, from the verb saturare, from satur ‘full’. The early sense of the verb (mid 16th century) was ‘satisfy’; the noun dates from the 1950s
ˈsatʃəreɪt
cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed
Short Definition:cause something to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed
Examples:- the soil is saturated
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