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Saturated

adjective

1.

Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. Synonym: concentrated.

2.

Used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled.

3.

(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black. Synonym: pure.

Saturate

verb

(past & past part. saturated; pres. part. saturating)

1.

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

2.

Infuse or fill completely. Synonym: impregnate.

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... table when her mind suddenly sprang back to the Farlows. She jumped up with one of her subversive movements and declared that she must telegraph at once. Darrow called for writing materials and room was made at her elbow for the parched ink-bottle and saturated blotter of the Parisian restaurant; but the mere sight of these jaded implements seemed to paralyze Miss Viner's faculties. She hung over the telegraph-form with anxiously-drawn brow, the tip of the pen-handle pressed against her ...

— The Reef • Edith Wharton

... sponge saturated with a strong liquid to his nostrils, while another escorted the minister, the bride, and her mother from ...

— Jolly Sally Pendleton - The Wife Who Was Not a Wife • Laura Jean Libbey

... put upon his vanity and pride he had run amuck. Like some heathen gladiator he had ravaged in the ring. He had gone down into the basements of human life and there made a cockpit for his animal rage, till, in the contest, brain and intellect had been saturated by the fumes and sweat ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... influence of Greek thought, and quite possibly became an initiate in the Mysteries. It would be difficult otherwise to account for his constant use of the Mystery-language. Reitzenstein says (p. 59): "The hellenistic religious literature MUST have been read by him; he uses its terms, and is saturated with its thoughts (see Rom. vi. 1-14." And this conjoined with his Jewish experience gave him creative power. "A great deal in his sentiment and thought may have REMAINED Jewish, but to his Hellenism he was indebted for his love of freedom and his firm belief in his apostleship." ...

— Pagan & Christian Creeds - Their Origin and Meaning • Edward Carpenter

... be considered are the more difficult problems concerning subaqueous or saturated earths. The writer has made some experiments which appear to be conclusive, showing that, except in pure quicksand or wholly aqueous material, as described later, the earth and water pressures act independently ...

— Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth • J. C. Meem

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