sate

sate ¹  (st)

tr.v. sat·ed, sat·ing, sates

1. To satisfy (an appetite) fully.

2. To satisfy to excess.

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[Probably alteration of Middle English saden, from Old English sadian; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

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sate ²  (st, st)

v. Archaic

A past tense of sit.

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sate¹

vb (tr)

1. to satisfy (a desire or appetite) fully

2. to supply beyond capacity or desire

[Old English sadian; related to Old High German satōn; see sad, satiate]

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sate²

vb

Archaic a past tense and past participle of sit

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

sate - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" replete, satiate, fill ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" cloy, pall - cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"

Translations

sate [seɪt] VT → saciar, hartar

sate

vt (liter) appetite, desires → stillen (geh), → befriedigen; now that he was sated → nun, da seine Lüste gestillt waren (geh); a nation sated with every luxury → ein Volk von jedem erdenklichen Luxus übersättigt; to sate oneself (with food) → sich sättigen (→ on an +dat) (liter); (sexually) → seine Lust befriedigen