sate

\ ˈsāt , ˈsat \

|Updated on: 10 Jun 2018

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Definition of sate

archaic past of sit

sate

verb \ ˈsāt \

Definition of sate

sated; sating

transitive verb

1 : to cloy with overabundance : glut

2 : to appease by indulging to the full

sate one's thirst

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Examples of sate in a Sentence

The meal was more than enough to sate his hunger.
The information sated their curiosity.

Recent Examples of sate from the Web

People are willing to pay for high production values, compelling storylines, and whatever sates their fetishes.

— susannah breslin, The Atlantic, "Porn’s Uncanny Valley," 1 June 2018
If you're obsessed with the history of royal romances, then Carroll's compulsively readable American Princess will sate your desires.

— refinery29.com, "What To Read If You're Obsessed With The Royal Wedding," 10 May 2018
An astonishingly high rate of opioid prescription in Humboldt County has bred addiction, officials said, and the craving is increasingly sated by a growing market for heroin.

— jose a. del real, New York Times, "Needle by Needle, a Heroin Crisis Grips California’s Rural North," 8 May 2018
The good news is that even a Friday-Sunday wanderlust can be sated by the options on Naples’ menu.

— richard tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, "48 Hours in Naples: Where everyone can find an escape," 1 May 2018
Many restaurants and watering holes nationwide are in on the action offering deals to sate beer drinkers' celebratory thirsts.

— editors, USA TODAY, "Winter weather, The Masters: 5 things you need to know this weekend," 7 Apr. 2018
To sate the curiosity of the press, in the 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson arranged for journalists to listen in on the dinner through an electronic system.

— julissa treviño, Smithsonian, "A Brief History of State Dinners," 25 Apr. 2018
By pursuing this course of action, Apple gets to scratch its vertical integration itch while sating existing demand.

— vlad savov, The Verge, "Apple is moving on from Intel because Intel isn’t moving anywhere," 3 Apr. 2018
My 10-year-old was easily sated by its surplus of hot, stringy cheese and casually ignored the sheen of grease on top.

— anna caplan, star-telegram, "Urban Bricks' serviceable fast-casual pizza in north Arlington lacking in authenticity | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 11 Apr. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of sate

probably by shortening & alteration from satiate

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First Known Use: 1579

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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sate Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of sate

satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

- years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
- readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

- surfeited themselves with junk food

cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

- sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

- a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

- a market glutted with diet books

gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

- gorged themselves with chocolate

SATE Defined for English Language Learners

sate

verb

Definition of sate for English Language Learners

: to fill (someone) with food so that no more is wanted
: to end (something, such as hunger or curiosity) by providing everything that is required or wanted