insatiate

[ in-sey-shee-it ]

/ ɪnˈseɪ ʃi ɪt /

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adjective

insatiable: insatiate greed.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of insatiate

First recorded in 1500–10, insatiate is from the Latin word insatiātus not filled. See in-³, satiate

in·sa·ti·ate·ly, adverbin·sa·ti·ate·ness, in·sa·ti·e·ty

[in-suh-tahy-i-tee, in-sey-shi-tee, -sey-shee-i-], /ˌɪn səˈtaɪ ɪ ti, ɪnˈseɪ ʃɪ ti, -ˈseɪ ʃi ɪ-/, noun

Her thirst for knowledge was insatiate, and with untiring assiduity she pursued her studies.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
The tiger, on the contrary, though glutted with carnage, has still an insatiate thirst for blood; his rancour has no intervals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
But the great thing was their insatiate appetites, for it is a homely truth that there is no sauce like hunger.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis
Ghirlandajo was an insatiate worker, and expressed a wish that he had the entire circuit of the walls of Florence to paint upon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various

Craving for information was universal and insatiate; if only Napoleon himself would speak!
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane