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Satiate

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sa⋅ti⋅ate

  [v. sey-shee-eyt; adj. sey-shee-it, -eyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
Use Satiate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
2. to satisfy to the full; sate.
–adjective
3. satiated.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (adj.) < L satiātus (ptp. of satiāre to satisfy), equiv. to sati-enough (akin to sad ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
sa⋅ti⋅a⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. glut, stuff, gorge.
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sa·ti·ate   (sā'shē-āt')   
tr.v.   sa·ti·at·ed, sa·ti·at·ing, sa·ti·ates

  1. To satisfy (an appetite or desire) fully.

  2. To satisfy to excess.

adj.   (-ĭt)
Filled to satisfaction.

[Middle English saciaten, from Latin satiāre, satiāt-, from satis, sufficient; see sā- in Indo-European roots.]
sa'ti·a'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

satiate  (v.)
c.1440 (implied in pp. adj. satiate), from L. satiatus, pp. of satiare "fill full, satisfy," from satis "enough," from PIE base *sa- "to satisfy" (cf. Goth. saþs "satiated," O.E. sæd "satisfied;" see sad).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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