See Also: Pre-sate(health)
sate(1)(dictionary)
sate(2)(dictionary)

sate(2) (iou)



sate verb trans. E17.
[Prob. alt. of SADE by assoc. with SATIATE verb.]
Fill or satisfy to the full (with food); gratify fully by the satisfaction of a desire. Also, surfeit or cloy by gratification of appetite or desire; glut, satiate. Freq. in pass. E17.
J. Betjeman The robin waited To..feed till it was sated. D. Attenborough So many worms..that even a mole's appetite is sated. G. Kendall Hunger that wouldn't be sated by anything less than a full investigation.
Saturate. L17-M18.
satedness noun the state of being sated M19.
sateless adjective (chiefly poet.) not to be sated, insatiable E18.