Word Meanings - OVERSATURATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To saturate to excess.

SATURATE
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine. (more info) 1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to
EXCESS
out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness;
EXCESSIVE
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly,
SATURATED
Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; - - said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated. Note: A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for
SUPERSATURATE
To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.
UNDERSATURATED
Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated.
UNSATURATED
Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated. (more info) 1. Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a
OVERSATURATE
To saturate to excess.