satiate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satiatus, past participle of satiare (“to fill full, satiate”), from satis (“sufficient”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/

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Verb

satiate (third-person singular simple present satiates, present participle satiating, simple past and past participle satiated)

1. (transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.

   Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.

2. (transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

Usage notes

Used interchangeably with, and more common than, sate.

Synonyms

• sate

Derived terms

• satiated

Translations

Adjective

satiate (comparative more satiate, superlative most satiate)

1. Filled to satisfaction or to excess.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i:

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

   • 1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: R Dodsley :

Related terms

• sate
• satiation
• satiety
• satisfaction
• satisfactory
• satisfy

References

Further reading

• “satiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “satiate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “satiate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Verb

satiāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of satiō

Participle

satiāte

1. vocative masculine singular of satiātus

References

• “satiate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press