satiate
verb (used with object)
to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
has satiated
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present perfectof satiate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It's Madoff who spurs public outrage and whose jailing has satiated a quest for justice.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2011
"Deborah," said Sir Varney, in a mild sort of tone, "keep on continually bringing things to eat until this old brutal sea ruffian has satiated his disgusting appetite."
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest
A born sailor can't make a good lawyer, or a doctor, or anything else,—at least until he has satiated himself with the sea.
From Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various
Now a fourth of less than two measures has satiated both.
From Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India by Mrs. Howard Kingscote
Back again will he go to the ships, after he has satiated his high-necked steeds with a varied course, driving beneath the city.
From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Theodore Alois Buckley
