sate

¹

[seyt]

verb (used with object)

sated, sating 

1. to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.

   Synonyms: fill, satiate

2. to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.

   Synonyms: stuff, gorge

sate

²

[sat, seyt]

verb

Archaic.

1. simple past tense and past participle of sit.

sate

¹

/ seɪt /

verb

1. to satisfy (a desire or appetite) fully

2. to supply beyond capacity or desire

sate

²

/ sæt, seɪt /

verb

1. archaic,  a past tense and past participle of sit

Word History and Origins

Origin of sate¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; variant of obsolete sade “to satiate,” Old English sadian (akin to sad ), perhaps influenced by satiate

Word History and Origins

Origin of sate¹

Old English sadian; related to Old High German satōn; see _sad , _satiate

Example Sentences

The travelling India press pack is large and unrelenting and Gill struggled to sate them.

From BBC

At 33, soon to be 34, there's still no sign of him being sated by all the success, which is probably the very characteristic that has put him in the history books.

From BBC

Joe wasn’t Dexter Morgan, trying to sate his violent impulses by targeting people who deserved to die.

From Salon

Funnily enough, all one had to do to sate this famine was look toward the desert.

From Salon

The Democrat and his family were able to evacuate unscathed, but their home in the sate capital of Harrisburg was severely damaged.

From BBC

Related Words

• gratify 
• satiate