saturate

saturate
\ \ [16] Latin satur meant ‘full’, and in particular ‘full of food, full up’ (it was a relative of satisenough’, source of English satiate and satisfy). From it was formed a verb saturārefill, glut, surfeit’, whose past participle has given English saturate. At first this was used as a synonym of satisfy or satiate (‘so to saturate their insatiable hunger’, Thomas Bell, Survey of Popery 1596), and the modern sense ‘soak’ did not emerge fully until the mid 18th century.
\ \ Cf.SAD, SATED, SATISFY

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Saturate — Saturate …   Википедия

  • saturate — sat‧u‧rate [ˈsætʆəreɪt] verb saturate the market MARKETING COMMERCE to offer so much of a product for sale that there is more than people want to buy: • A flood of cheap Italian tomatoes has almost saturated the market. • Smaller banks are… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Saturate — can mean:* Saturate (album), an album by Breaking Benjamin * Saturation (chemistry), in chemistry, the state of a solution in which no more solute can be dissolved * Saturate (graph theory), in mathematics * Saturate, a song by The Chemical… …   Wikipedia

  • Saturate — Album par Gojira Sortie 1999 Enregistrement Studio UHT Durée 17:34 Genre Death metal Producteur Gojira …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Saturate — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Saturate es el primer album de estudio de Breaking Benjamin. Fue lanzado en agosto del 2002 atraves de Hollywood Records y contiene los sencillos Polyamorous , Skin y Medicate . Lista de canciones 1. Wish I May –… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Saturate — Sat u*rate, p. a. [L. saturatus, p. p.] Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked. [1913 Webster] Dries his feathers saturate with dew. Cowper. [1913 Webster] The sand beneath our feet is saturate With blood of martyrs. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • saturate — [sach′ə rāt΄; ] for adj., usually [, sach′ərit] vt. saturated, saturating [< L saturatus, pp. of saturare, to fill up, saturate < satur, full; akin to satis: see SAD] 1. to cause to be thoroughly soaked, imbued, or penetrated 2. to cause… …   English World dictionary

  • saturate — index imbue, inject, inundate, overload, penetrate, permeate, pervade, replenish Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • săturate — săturáte s. n. pl. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic …   Dicționar Român

  • saturate — (v.) 1530s, to satisfy, satiate, from L. saturatus, pp. of saturare to fill full, sate, drench, from satur sated, full, from PIE root *sa to satisfy (see SAD (Cf. sad)). Meaning soak thoroughly first recorded 1756. Marketing sense first recorded… …   Etymology dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”