sate

[ seyt ]

/ seɪt /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR sate

1 satiate, fill.

2 gorge, stuff.

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Origin of sate

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sate

sate , satiate

Other definitions for sate (2 of 2)

sate²

[ sat, seyt ]

/ sæt, seɪt /

verb Archaic.

simple past tense and past participle of sit¹.

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How to use sate in a sentence

That was when Mexico changes its laws so as to facilitate extradition to the United Sates.
El Chapo on the Couch: Inside a Drug Lord's Therapy Sessions|Michael Daly|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I think it has to top the list if you're living the United Sates or the West.
Is God Evil?|The Daily Beast|March 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Geri and Freki the war-wont sates, the triumphant sire of hosts; but on wine only the famed in arms, Odin, ever lives.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
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

It has been but a few years, since this manufacture was commenced in the United Sates.
Popular Technology; Volume 2|Edward Hazen
Of the two leading anæsthetics, ether is more generally used in the United Sates and chloroform in Europe.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.|Edward W. Byrn
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

British Dictionary definitions for sate (1 of 2)

sate¹

/ (seɪt) /

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

British Dictionary definitions for sate (2 of 2)

sate²

/ (sæt, seɪt) /

verb

archaic a past tense and past participle of sit

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