satiate
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]satiate (third-person singular simple present satiates, present participle satiating, simple past and past participle satiated)
- (transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
- Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.
- (transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
Usage notes
[edit]Used interchangeably with, and more common than, sate.[1]
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]satisfy
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satisfy to excess
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Adjective
[edit]satiate (comparative more satiate, superlative most satiate)
- (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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Monthly Gleanings: November 2011: Sate versus satiated.”, OUPblog
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Verb
[edit]satiāte
Participle
[edit]satiāte
References
[edit]- “satiate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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