Sate
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 satay dated, poetic
- 1 To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up. transitive
"At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated."
- 2 simple past of sit dated, form-of, past, poetic
- 3 fill to satisfaction wordnet
- 4 past participle of sit dated, form-of, participle, past, poetic
Example
More examples"Drink most, which will definitely sate you, of the coffee."
Etymology
Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of earlier sade (“to weary, satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden (“to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (“to saturate, satisfy, satiate”), Icelandic seðja (“to satisfy”). Doublet of sad.
From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan (“to sit”).
From Malay sate (“satay”).
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