Meanings
verboversaturate (third-person singular simple present oversaturates, present participle oversaturating, simple past and past participle oversaturated)
present singular third person oversaturates · participle present oversaturating · participle past oversaturated · past oversaturated
- To saturate to excess.
Sharpening a photograph can oversaturate the colours.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishsaturate
- Englishoversaturate
Translations
Polish przesycać, przesycić
- przesycaćTranslations
- przesycićTranslations
Russian пересыща́ть
- пересыща́ть (peresyščátʹ)Translations
Cite this entry
APA
oversaturate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversaturate
MLA
“oversaturate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversaturate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversaturate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversaturate.
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