Definition of SATE

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Verb

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

Examples of sate in a Sentence

Verb

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

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Some fans suffering from Timmy withdrawal were sated when Hot Summer Nights, a 90's-era romp shot before the CMBYN craze took shape, landed in theaters. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "How Did Timothée Chalamet Spend 2018? We’re So Glad You Asked," 10 Dec. 2018 Once sated, head to the Glensheen Estate, a 39-room, 27,000-square-foot mansion once owned by the influential Congdon family; it's considered one of the most prominent examples of 20th century Midwestern architecture. — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, "Road Trip: 4 Days on Minnesota's North Shore," 19 July 2018 Either way, the harrowing tale of Asia Bibi has a moral: Giving in to Islamists’ demands does not sate their appetite for repression. — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, "Will Pakistan Execute a 53-Year-Old Woman for Being Christian?," 18 Oct. 2018 Ironically, given his and the club's desire to finally sate their Champions League hunger, Buffon is unavailable for PSG's opening three European matches next season. — Afp, chicagotribune.com, "Buffon joins PSG on one-year contract," 6 July 2018 If Ready Player One didn't give you your fill of raucous futuristic teen drama taking place in an alternate CGI reality, then let Skins creator Bryan Elsley's new Netflix series, Kiss me First, sate that hunger. — Tom Philip, GQ, "The Creator of Skins Has Made a Sci-Fi Series for Netflix," 15 June 2018 Still, devoted Feifferites, not to mention fans of Mr. Rash and Mr. Koechner, who get to flex their muscles nicely here, will be well sated. — Jules Feiffer, New York Times, "Review: ‘Bernard and Huey’ Has Wit and Personality. Stale Jokes, Too.," 7 June 2018 Yet in neither case did extra autonomy sate nationalist appetites. — The Economist, "The siren call of separatism," 12 July 2018 On one side is Kentucky’s $8.5 billion bourbon industry, which provides some 17,500 jobs and is in a period of unprecedented growth as distilleries sprout up around the state to sate the world’s thirst for Kentucky bourbon. — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, "With aluminum tariffs, Matt Bevin is compromised and bourbon will pay," 22 June 2018

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