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sates

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sate

1[seyt]
verb (used with object), sat·ed, sat·ing.
1.
to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
2.
to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.

Origin:
1595–1605; variant of obsolete sade to satiate, Old English sadian (akin to sad), perhaps influenced by satiate


1. satiate, fill. 2. gorge, stuff.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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sate

2[sat, seyt]
verb Archaic.
simple past tense and past participle of sit.

sa·te

3[sah-tey]
noun
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
Also, sa·tay, sa·té.


Origin:
1930–35; < Malay satay, sate
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Word Origin & History

sate
"to satisfy, surfeit," c.1600, alteration (by infl. of L. satiare "satiate") of M.E. saden "become satiated," from O.E. sadian "to satiate," from W.Gmc. *sathojanan, from the same root as sad (q.v.).
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