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impregnateverb to wet thoroughly with liquidimpregnated the cloth with furniture polish drench, drown, macerate, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep waterlog, water-soakmarinate, seethepresoakdip, immerse, inundate, submerge, swampbathe, douse(also dowse), hydrate, swill, wash, waterinfiltrate, penetrate, permeatedamp, dampen, humidify, moisten wring (out) dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, seardrain, empty, voiddehumidify soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid.soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing.soak the garment in soapy water saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held.a saturated sponge drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured.clothes drenched by a cloudburst steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed.steep the tea for five minutes impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another.a cake strongly impregnated with brandy in 1605 |