sate

[seyt]

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verb (used with object), sat·ed, sat·ing.

to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.

Origin of sate

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

Can be confusedsate satiate

Synonyms for sate

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1. satiate, fill. 2. gorge, stuff.

sate

[sat, seyt]

verb Archaic.

simple past tense and past participle of sit¹.

sate

or sa·tay, sa·té

[sah-tey]

noun

a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.

Origin of sate

First recorded in 1930–35, sate is from the Malay word satay, sate

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Related Words for sates

satiate, gratify, surfeit, glut, stuff, gorge, cloy, overfill, satisfy

Examples from the Web for sates

Historical Examples of sates

Henceforth Egyptian civilization runs an uninspired and undeveloping course till the days of the Sates and the Ptolemies.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery
L.W. King and H.R. Hall
When we were gone, the ould people had more room, and they moved about on the sates we had left them.
The Ned M'Keown Stories
William Carleton

British Dictionary definitions for sates

sate

verb (tr)

to satisfy (a desire or appetite) fully
to supply beyond capacity or desire

Word Origin for sate

Old English sadian; related to Old High German satōn; see sad, satiate

sate

verb

archaic a past tense and past participle of sit

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Word Origin and History for sates

sate

"to satisfy, surfeit," c.1600, alteration (by influence of Latin satiare "satiate") of Middle English saden "become satiated; satiate," from Old English sadian "to satiate, fill; be sated, get wearied," from Proto-Germanic *sadon "to satisfy, sate," from root *sa- "to satisfy" (see sad (adj.)). Related: Sated; sating.