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Definition of 'sate'English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From earlier sate, . More at (l).
Verb
( sat)
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
- At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated .
* Macaulay
- crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
- And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
Usage notes
Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.[“ ]Monthly Gleanings: November 2011]: Sate'' versus ''satiated''.”, ''[http://blog.oup.com/ OUPblog
Synonyms
* satiate
Related terms
* satiate
* satisfactory
* saturate
* surfeit
References
Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .
Verb
(head)
(dated) (sit)
Quotations
* (sit)
Etymology 3
From (etyl) .
Anagrams
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