satiate

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin satiatus, past participle of satiare (“to fill full, satiate”), from sat + satis (“sufficient”) + satur (“full”).

Pronunciation

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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

Translations

satisfy

• Armenian: հագեցնել (hy) (hagecʿnel)
• Catalan: saciar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿足 (zh), 满足 (zh) (mǎnzú)

• Dutch: verzadigen (nl)
• Finnish: tyydyttää (fi)
• French: rassasier (fr)
• German: sättigen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κορέννυμι (korénnumi)

• Hungarian: kielégít (hu)

• Istriot: sasià
• Italian: saziare
• Japanese: 満たす (mitasu)
• Portuguese: saciar (pt)
• Romanian: sătura (ro)
• Russian: насыща́ть (ru) impf (nasyščátʹ), насы́тить (ru) pf (nasýtitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich
• Sicilian: sazziari
• Spanish: saciar (es)
• Venetian: sasiar

satisfy to excess

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飽賞, 饱赏 (bǎoshǎng)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kyllästää
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: übersättigen

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: saciar (pt)
• Russian: насыща́ть (ru) impf (nasyščátʹ), насы́тить (ru) pf (nasýtitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich
• Spanish: saciar (es)

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Translations to be checked

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

Derived terms

• satiated

Adjective

satiate (comparative more satiate, superlative most satiate)

1. Filled to satisfaction or to excess.
   • Alexander Pope

     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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• satiate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• satiate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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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