satiate

[verb sey-shee-eyt; adjective sey-shee-it, -eyt]

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verb (used with object), sa·ti·at·ed, sa·ti·at·ing.

to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.

to satisfy to the full; sate.

adjective

Origin of satiate

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin satiātus (past participle of satiāre to satisfy), equivalent to sati-enough (akin to sad) + -ātus -ate¹

Related formssa·ti·a·tion, nounnon·sa·ti·a·tion, nounun·sa·ti·at·ing, adjective

Can be confusedsate satiate

Synonyms for satiate

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1. glut, stuff, gorge.

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Related Words for satiating

nauseate, gratify, slake, sate, indulge, surfeit, glut, saturate, content, pall, jade, gorge, cloy, fill, overfill, overdose

Examples from the Web for satiating

Historical Examples of satiating

No man ever came to an experience which was satiating, but his good is tidings of a better.
Essays, Second Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The draught had been delicious; but time also proved that it had been satiating.
The Young Duke
Benjamin Disraeli
But by satiating one king or five hundred nobles with bodily pleasures we do not produce more kings or more nobles.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Many died, and the general public, after satiating its lust for the sensational, turned its thought elsewhere.
Opportunities in Aviation
Arthur Sweetser
A Kentuckian will wait three or four weeks in the woods, for the moment of satiating his revenge; and he seldom or never forgives.
The Americans as They Are
Charles Sealsfield

British Dictionary definitions for satiating

satiate

verb (tr)

to fill or supply beyond capacity or desire, often arousing weariness

to supply to satisfaction or capacity

Derived Formssatiation, noun

Word Origin for satiate

C16: from Latin satiāre to satisfy, from satis enough

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Word Origin and History for satiating

satiate

mid-15c., from Latin satiatus, past participle of satiare "fill full, satisfy," from satis "enough," from PIE root *sa- "to satisfy" (cf. Gothic saþs "satiated," Old English sæd "satisfied;" see sad). Related: Satiated; satiating.