vt, -rat*ed  -rat*ing  1  :  to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained <water saturated with salt>  <a bandage saturated with an antiseptic solution>   2  :  to cause to combine till there is no further tendency to combine
n :  a saturated chemical compound .
 
 
 
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