SATURANT
Sat"u*rant, a. Etym: [L. saturans, p. pr. See Saturate.]
Defn: Impregnating to the full; saturating.
SATURANT
Sat"u*rant, n.
1. (Chem.)
Defn: A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.
2. (Med.)
Defn: An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
SATURATE
Sat"u*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saturated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Saturating.] Etym: [L. saturatus, p.p. of saturate to saturate, fr.
satur full of food, sated. See Satire.]
1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate. Innumerable flocks and herbs covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic. Macaulay. Fill and saturate each kind With good according to its mind. Emerson.
2. (Chem.)