sate
pronunciation
How to pronounce sate in British English:
UK [seɪt]
How to pronounce sate in American English:
US [set]
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- Verb:
- fill to satisfaction
Word Origin
- sate (v.)
- "to satisfy, surfeit," c. 1600, alteration (by influence of Latin satiare "satiate") of Middle English saden "become satiated; satiate," from Old English sadian "to satiate, fill; be sated, get wearied," from Proto-Germanic *sadon "to satisfy, sate," from root *sa- "to satisfy" (see sad (adj.)). Related: Sated; sating.
Example
- 1. Only her blood will sate the kraken .
- 2. Blimps , mr watts reckons , will help them sate that appetite .
- 3. All government institutions and functionaries must implement sate laws , decrees and policies .
- 4. Nothing mirabelle could do seemed to sate her tiny charge .
- 5. They became furious marauders , driven to raid villages and caravans to sate their bloodlust and procure sacrificial victims for their demonic master .