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satiate [ˈseɪʃɪˌeɪt] vb (tr)
1. to fill or supply beyond capacity or desire, often arousing weariness 2. to supply to satisfaction or capacity [from Latin satiāre to satisfy, from satis enough] satiation n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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The wise man gratifies every appetite and every passion, while the fool sacrifices all the rest to pall and satiate one. I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man. But, emulating the patience and self-denial of the practiced native warriors, they learned to overcome every difficulty; and it would seem that, in time, there was no recess of the woods so dark, nor any secret place so lovely, that it might claim exemption from the inroads of those who had pledged their blood to satiate their vengeance, or to uphold the cold and selfish policy of the distant monarchs of Europe. |
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