sate
1[ seyt ]
/ seɪt /
verb (used with object), sat·ed, sat·ing.
to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.
Nearby words
- satanophobia,
- satay,
- satb,
- satchel,
- satcom,
- sated,
- sateen,
- satellite,
- satellite abscess,
- satellite broadcasting
Origin of sate
1sate
2[ sat, seyt ]
/ sæt, seɪt /
verb Archaic.
simple past tense and past participle of sit1.
sate
3or sa·tay, sa·té
[ sah-tey ]
/ sɑˈteɪ /
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
3First recorded in 1930–35, sate is from the Malay word satay, sate
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for 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. HallWhen 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
sate
1/ (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
sate
2/ (sæt, seɪt) /
verb
archaic a past tense and past participle of sit
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper