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- 1. satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full: "sate your appetite at the resort's restaurant"
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5 days ago · 3 meanings: 1. to satisfy (a desire or appetite) fully 2. to supply beyond capacity or desire archaic → a past tense and past.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of sate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'sate' 1. to satisfy (an appetite, desire, etc.) to the full; gratify completely. [...] 2. to provide with more than enough, so as to weary or disgust; surfeit; glut. [...] More. Conjugations of 'sate' present simple: I sate, you sate [...] past simple: I sated, you sated [...] past participle: sated. More. Synonyms of 'sate'
1. : to fill (someone) with food so that no more is wanted — usually used as (be) sated. He ate until he was completely sated. [= full] feel sated. 2. : to end (something, such as hunger or curiosity) by providing everything that is required or wanted : satisfy. The meal was more than enough to sate his hunger/appetite.
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Alternative forms
1. sade (dialectal)
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /seɪt/ 2. Rhymes: -eɪt
Etymology 1
Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of earlier sade (“to weary, satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden (“to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (“to satu...
Etymology
From Malay sate (“satay”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): [ˈsate] 2. Hyphenation: sa‧té
Noun
sate (first-person possessive sateku, second-person possessive satemu, third-person possessive satenya) 1. (colloquial) satay (dish)
Romanization
sate 1. Rōmaji transcription of さて 2. Rōmaji transcription of サテ
Etymology 1
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ca, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zə. Cognates include Chinese 司 (sī) (and probably Chinese 作 (zuò)) and Mru caŋ.
References
1. K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin, Payap University, pages 88-89
Alternative forms
1. sesate
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese saté, from Tamil சதை (catai, “flesh”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /sate/ 2. Rhymes: -te, -e
Etymology
From satan.
Noun
sate c 1. (colloquial) someone pitiable (arousing (contemptous) pity) 1.1. stackars lilla sate 1.1.1. poor little bastard 2. (colloquial) a bastard (disagreeable or tricky person) 2.1. Nån rik sate tänker köpa allt och köra ut oss 2.1.1. Some rich bastardis planning to buy everything and run us out 2.2. en slug sate 2.2.1. a sly bastard
References
1. sate in Svensk ordbok (SO) 2. sate in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) 3. sate in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay sate, from Tamil சதை (catai, “flesh”).
Define sate. sate synonyms, sate pronunciation, sate translation, English dictionary definition of sate. tr.v. sat·ed , sat·ing , sates 1. To satisfy fully. 2. To provide with more than enough; glut. v. Archaic A past tense of sit. American Heritage® Dictionary...
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun sate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
