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1. To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).

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

2. To fill to excess.

   Example: Modern television is saturated with violence.

3. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.

   Example: One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

4. To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.