satiate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪʃɪˈeɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

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

• Armenian: հագեցնել (hy) (hagecʻnel)
• Assamese: আমুৱা (amua)
• Catalan: saciar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿足／满足 (zh) (mǎnzú), 满足 (zh) (mǎnzú)

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

  Ancient:

• Hungarian: kielégít (hu)
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• Istriot: sasià
• Italian: saziare
• Japanese: 満たす (ja) (mitasu)
• 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
• Spanish: saciar (es)
• Venetian: sasiar

satisfy to excess

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飽賞／饱赏, 饱赏 (bǎoshǎng)

• Dutch: oververzadigen (nl), overzadigen
• Finnish: kyllästää
• French: rassasier (fr)
• German: übersättigen (de)
• Hungarian: jóllakat (hu)
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• 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
• Spanish: saciar (es)

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

satiate (comparative more satiate, superlative most satiate)

1. Filled to satisfaction or to excess.
   • (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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.
• “satiate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “satiate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) satiāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of satiō

Participle

(deprecated template usage) satiāte

1. vocative masculine singular of satiātus

References

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