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sate.

To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/seɪt/
  1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.

    transitive
    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.

noun/seɪt/
  1. satay

    dated · dialectal · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Malay sate (“satay”).

verb/seɪt/
  1. simple past of sit

    dated · dialectal · form-of · past · poetic
  2. past participle of sit

    dated · dialectal · form-of · participle · past · poetic
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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