DEFINITIONS

satiate

[ verb sey-shee-eyt; adjective sey-shee-it, -eyt ]
/ verb ˈseɪ ʃiˌeɪt; adjective ˈseɪ ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt /
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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

satiated.

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Words related to satiate

profusion, surfeit, swelling, glut, vastness, repletion, broadness, dilation, fill, completion, completeness, wealth, copiousness, entirety, totality, sufficiency, scope, saturation, plenitude, enlargement

Words nearby satiate

satellitosis, satelloid, satem, sati, satiable, satiate, satiated, satiation, saticon, satie, satiety

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

OTHER WORDS FROM satiate

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH satiate

sate satiate
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British Dictionary definitions for satiation

satiate
/ (ˈseɪʃɪˌeɪt) /

verb (tr)

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

Derived forms of satiate

satiation, noun

Word Origin for satiate

C16: from Latin satiāre to satisfy, from satis enough
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Medicine definitions for satiation

satiation
[ sā′shē-ā′shən ]

n.

The state produced by having had a specific need, such as hunger or thirst, fulfilled.

Other words from satiation

sa′ti•ate′ v.
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