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BNC: 32828 COCA: 22965

sate

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
sate /ˈseɪt/ verb
sates; sated; sating
sate
/ˈseɪt/
verb
sates; sated; sating
Learner's definition of SATE
[+ object] formal
: to fill (someone) with food so that no more is wanted使吃饱;使饱腹usually used as (be) sated通常用作(be) sated
: to end (something, such as hunger or curiosity) by providing everything that is required or wanted : satisfy满足
BNC: 32828 COCA: 22965

sate

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ˈsāt How to pronounce sate (audio)
ˈsat

archaic past tense of sit

sate

2 of 2

verb

sated; sating

transitive verb

1
: to cloy with overabundance : glut
2
: to appease by indulging to the full
sate one's thirst

Synonyms

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satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion.

satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

Example Sentences

Verb The meal was more than enough to sate his hunger. The information sated their curiosity.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
From Elizabeth Taylor's many divorces, to the loves (and lusts) of King Henry VIII, to modern obsessions like the couples of RHONY and, of course, Bennifer this show is sure to sate your schadenfreude appetite. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 6 Aug. 2022 The developers adapted stories that have often been told to Japanese children to explain natural phenomena and to sate young curiosity. Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2020 The page-turner will sate fans and win over new readers alike. Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022 Vendors hawking chicken on a stick and other San Antonio delicacies were on hand to sate appetites of those who couldn’t wait until they were admitted to the park. Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2022 The good news is that the restaurants and bars on site are happy to seat you and sate you until a bay opens up. Michael Mcknight, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022 And for those of you who love berries but not the idea of stirring them in pots with cups of sugar, here are a few other ideas to sate your appetite for the best fruits of late spring and early summer. Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2022 On the other end of the spectrum, some experiences sate our thirst and give us permission to cross similar journeys off our lists. Jenny Earnest, Outside Online, 2 May 2020 Twitter feed have been able to sate themselves on Truth Social, a platform launched in February by one of Trump’s companies. Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 5 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

probably by shortening & alteration from satiate

First Known Use

Verb

1534, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of sate was in 1534
BNC: 32828 COCA: 22965

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