Sate Definition

sāt
sated, sates, sating
verb
sated, sates, sating
Webster's New World
To satisfy (an appetite, desire, etc.) to the full; gratify completely.
Webster's New World
To provide with more than enough, so as to weary or disgust; surfeit; glut.
Webster's New World

(dated) Simple past tense of sit.

Wiktionary
noun
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Other Word Forms of Sate

Noun

Singular:
sate
Plural:
sates

Origin of Sate

  • 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 *sadōnÄ… (“to satiate, become satisfied"), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated"), from Proto-Indo-European *sā- (“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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably alteration of Middle English saden from Old English sadian sā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

  • From Malay sate (“satay").

    From Wiktionary

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