Hyperhydrate

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To cause a body, tissue or organism to take in more fluid than is normal ; to make something saturated with more water than it can comfortably hold
2. To overload a living system with water beyond its usual level ; to drench or soak something until it holds an excessive amount of moisture
3. To push the water content of a person or tissue above the normal range ; to render something oversaturated with liquid well beyond ordinary levels

Etymology: "Hyperhydrate" is a plain compound: the prefix "hyper-", from Greek "hyper" meaning "over" or "beyond", joined to "hydrate". The base word traces back to Greek "hydor", "water", which also gave English "hydrant", "hydraulic" and "dehydrate". "Hydrate" entered English as a chemistry term for a compound containing water, and the Greek-derived prefix simply adds the sense of excess, so the verb means to supply more water than is normal. The word follows a familiar pattern in English, where "hyper-" is attached to an existing verb to intensify it, as in "hypersensitive" or "hyperactive". Its meaning is therefore transparent from its parts, and it is a modern formation built from classical elements rather than a term with an older history of its own.