Satiate

//ˈseɪʃɪeɪt// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy. transitive

    "Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge."

  2. 2
    overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself wordnet
  3. 3
    To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety. transitive
  4. 4
    fill to satisfaction wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Filled to satisfaction or to excess; satiated, satisfied. rare

    "A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares, To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde, That ſatiate with ſpoile refuſeth blood:"

Adjective
  1. 1
    supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"No food can satiate their hunger."

Etymology

First attested in the 1440–1450s, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (“sufficient”).

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