satiate

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1440-1450's, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (“sufficient”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/

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Verb

satiate (third-person singular simple present satiates, present participle satiating, simple past and past participle satiated)

1. (transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.

   Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.

2. (transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

Usage notes

Used interchangeably with, and more common than, sate.

Synonyms

• sate

Derived terms

• satiated

Translations

satisfy

• Arabic: شَبَّعَ (šabbaʕa)
• Armenian: հագեցնել (hy) (hagecʻnel), կշտացնել (hy) (kštacʻnel)
• Assamese: আমুৱা (amua)
• Azerbaijani: doydurmaq, doyuzdurmaq
• Bulgarian: задоволявам (bg) (zadovoljavam), засищам (bg) (zasištam)
• Catalan: saciar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿足 / 满足 (zh) (mǎnzú)

• Dutch: verzadigen (nl)
• Esperanto: saturi
• Finnish: tyydyttää (fi)
• French: rassasier (fr)
• Galician: fartar, encher (gl)
• German: sättigen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gasōþjan)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κορέννυμι (korénnumi)

• Hungarian: kielégít (hu)
• Istriot: sasià
• Italian: saziare (it)
• Japanese: 満たす (ja) (mitasu)
• Kabuverdianu: farta
• Lithuanian: pasotinti
• Macedonian: заситува impf (zasituva), засити pf (zasiti)
• Polish: zaspokajać (pl) impf, zaspokoić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: saciar (pt)
• Quechua: amikuy
• Romanian: sătura (ro)
• Russian: насыща́ть (ru) impf (nasyščátʹ), насы́тить (ru) pf (nasýtitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich
• Sicilian: sazziari, sazzijari
• Spanish: saciar (es), matar el hambre
• Swahili: -shibisha
• Turkish: doyurmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: наси́чувати impf (nasýčuvaty), наси́ти́ти pf (nasýtýty)
• Venetan: sasiar

satisfy to excess

• Bulgarian: пресищам (bg) (presištam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飽賞 / 饱赏 (bǎoshǎng)

• Dutch: oververzadigen (nl), overzadigen
• Finnish: kyllästää (fi)
• French: rassasier (fr)
• German: übersättigen (de)
• Hungarian: jóllakat (hu)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: nasycać (pl) impf, nasycić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: saciar (pt)
• Russian: насыща́ть (ru) impf (nasyščátʹ), насы́тить (ru) pf (nasýtitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich
• Sicilian: (referred to any pleasure or delight) arricriàrisi; (generally for food): jinchìrisi, scuppiari; (referred to any excess, especially alcohol and drugs) cunzumàrisi, fàrisi stari, stuccàrisi, stunàrisi, sbummiari
• Spanish: saciar (es)

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• Norwegian: tilfredsstille (no), mette (no)

Adjective

satiate (comparative more satiate, superlative most satiate)

1. (rare) Filled to satisfaction or to excess; satiated, satisfied.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i:

     A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares,
     To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde,
     That ſatiate with ſpoile refuſeth blood:

   • 1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:

     Our generals now, retir'd to their estates,
     Hang their old trophies o'er the garden gates;
     In life's cool evening satiate of applause

Related terms

• sate
• satiation
• satiety
• satisfaction
• satisfactory
• satisfy

Further reading

• “satiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “satiate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “satiate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Verb

satiāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of satiō

Participle

satiāte

1. vocative masculine singular of satiātus

References

• “satiate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press