slake
verb (used with object)
to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
had slaked
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past perfectof slake.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A recent rain had slaked the land a little but brought forth legions of ants to infest the ground and pester a nearby film set.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Secretary Wallace thought he had slaked the Senate's curiosity with this incomplete and anonymous information, he was badly mistaken.
From Time Magazine Archive
And when they had slaked their thirst, they returned unto the Lord, who said: “Wherefore did ye tarry so long?”
From Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by William Ralston Shedden Ralston
So gracefully was it done that the prince was charmed by her lovely face and modest manner, and, baring his head, when he had slaked his thirst he touched the white hands with his lips.
From The Little Colonel's House Party by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
All of the settlers' horses were thirsty, and some refused to budge from the stream until they had slaked their thirst.
From For the Liberty of Texas by Louis Meynelle
