sate.
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
Meaning & usage
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.
Where this word comes from
Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of earlier sade (“to weary, satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden (“to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (“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”). Doublet of sad.
satay
Where this word comes from
From Malay sate (“satay”).
simple past of sit
past participle of sit
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan (“to sit”).
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