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Webster 1913 Edition

Sate

Sate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sating
.]
[Probably shortened fr.
satiate
: cf. L.
satur
full. See
Satiate
.]
To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit.
Crowds of wanderers
sated
with the business and pleasure of great cities.
Macaulay.

Sate

,
imp.
of
Sit
.
But
sate
an equal guest at every board.
Lowell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sate

SATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. satio. The primary sense is to stuff, to fill, from crowding, driving.]
To satiate; to satisfy appetite; to glut; to feed beyond natural desire.
While the vultures sate their maws with full repast.

Definition 2024

sate

sate

See also: säte and saté

English

Alternative forms

Verb

sate ‎(third-person singular simple present sates, present participle sating, simple past and past participle sated)

  1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
    At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.
    • Macaulay
      crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
      And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
Usage notes

Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ “Monthly Gleanings: November 2011: Sate versus satiated.”, OUPblog

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan ‎(“to sit”).

Verb

sate

  1. (dated) simple past tense of sit
Quotations
  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:sit.

Etymology 3

From Malay sate ‎(“satay”).

Noun

sate ‎(plural sates)

  1. satay

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sate ‎(“satay”).

Noun

sate

  1. satay (dish)

Japanese

Romanization

sate

  1. rōmaji reading of さて
  2. rōmaji reading of サテ

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sate/
  • Rhymes: -te, -e

Noun

sate

  1. satay (dish)

Descendants

  • Korean: 사테 ‎(sate)
  • Mandarin: 沙茶 ‎(shāchá) / 沙爹 ‎(shādiē) / 沙嗲 ‎(shādiǎ)
  • Polish: satay / saté
  • Portuguese: satay
  • Russian: сатай ‎(sataj) / сате ‎(sate) / сатэ ‎(satɛ)
  • Spanish: satay
  • Thai: สะเต๊ะ ‎(sate)
  • Vietnamese: satê

Tagalog

Noun

satè

  1. cord or strong string (used in spinning tops, etc.)

Etymology

From earlier sate, sade ‎(“to satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden ‎(“to satisfy, become satiated”), from Old English sadian ‎(“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadōną ‎(“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz ‎(“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- ‎(“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten ‎(“to saturate, satisfy, satiate”), Icelandic seðja ‎(“to satisfy”). More at sad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

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