sate
1[seyt]
- to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
- to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.
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Origin of sate
1Synonyms for sate
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2[sat, seyt]
- simple past tense and past participle of sit1.
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sate
3or sa·tay, sa·té
[sah-tey]
- 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.
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Origin of sate
3First recorded in 1930–35, sate is from the Malay word satay, sate
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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 DiscoveryL.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 StoriesWilliam Carleton
sate
1- to satisfy (a desire or appetite) fully
- to supply beyond capacity or desire
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Word Origin for sate
Old English sadian; related to Old High German satōn; see sad, satiate
sate
2- 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.
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