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sa·ti·ate

 (sā′shē-āt′)
tr.v. sa·ti·at·ed, sa·ti·at·ing, sa·ti·ates
1. To satisfy (an appetite, for example) fully.
2. To provide (someone) with more than enough; glut.
adj. (-ĭt) Archaic
Filled to satisfaction.

[Middle English saciaten, from Latin satiāre, satiāt-, from satis, sufficient; see sā- in Indo-European roots.]

sa′ti·a′tion n.
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satiate

(ˈseɪʃɪˌeɪt)
vb (tr)
1. to fill or supply beyond capacity or desire, often arousing weariness
2. to supply to satisfaction or capacity
[C16: from Latin satiāre to satisfy, from satis enough]
ˌsatiˈation n
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sa•ti•ate

(v. ˈseɪ ʃiˌeɪt; adj. -ɪt, -ˌeɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t.
1. to supply with something to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
2. to satisfy to the full; sate.
adj.
3. satisfied fully, as in appetite or desire.
[1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin satiātus, past participle of satiāre to satisfy, derivative of satis enough; see -ate1]
sa`ti•a′tion, n.
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satiate


Past participle: satiated
Gerund: satiating

Imperative
satiate
satiate
Present
I satiate
you satiate
he/she/it satiates
we satiate
you satiate
they satiate
Preterite
I satiated
you satiated
he/she/it satiated
we satiated
you satiated
they satiated
Present Continuous
I am satiating
you are satiating
he/she/it is satiating
we are satiating
you are satiating
they are satiating
Present Perfect
I have satiated
you have satiated
he/she/it has satiated
we have satiated
you have satiated
they have satiated
Past Continuous
I was satiating
you were satiating
he/she/it was satiating
we were satiating
you were satiating
they were satiating
Past Perfect
I had satiated
you had satiated
he/she/it had satiated
we had satiated
you had satiated
they had satiated
Future
I will satiate
you will satiate
he/she/it will satiate
we will satiate
you will satiate
they will satiate
Future Perfect
I will have satiated
you will have satiated
he/she/it will have satiated
we will have satiated
you will have satiated
they will have satiated
Future Continuous
I will be satiating
you will be satiating
he/she/it will be satiating
we will be satiating
you will be satiating
they will be satiating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been satiating
you have been satiating
he/she/it has been satiating
we have been satiating
you have been satiating
they have been satiating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been satiating
you will have been satiating
he/she/it will have been satiating
we will have been satiating
you will have been satiating
they will have been satiating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been satiating
you had been satiating
he/she/it had been satiating
we had been satiating
you had been satiating
they had been satiating
Conditional
I would satiate
you would satiate
he/she/it would satiate
we would satiate
you would satiate
they would satiate
Past Conditional
I would have satiated
you would have satiated
he/she/it would have satiated
we would have satiated
you would have satiated
they would have satiated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.satiate - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"
ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
cloy, pall - cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
2.satiate - overeat or eat immodestlysatiate - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
Adj.1.satiate - supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
insatiable, insatiate, unsatiable - impossible to satisfy; "an insatiate appetite"; "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"; "his passion for work was unsatiable"
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satiate

verb glut, satisfy, surfeit, gorge, jade, nauseate, slake, sate, stuff, overfill, cloy There is enough fruit to satiate several children.
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satiate

verb
To satisfy to the full or to excess:
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Translations

satiate

[ˈseɪʃɪeɪt] VT (with food) → hartar; (with pleasures) → saciar
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satiate

[ˈseɪʃieɪt] vt [+ person, appetite] → rassasier
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satiate

vt appetite, desires, lust etcstillen (geh); person, animalsättigen; (to excess) → übersättigen; we were satiated with food and drinkwir hatten unseren Hunger und Durst zur Genüge gestillt; I’m quite satiated (liter, hum)mein Bedarf ist gedeckt (hum inf), → ich bin gesättigt (hum, geh)
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satiate

[ˈseɪʃɪˌeɪt] vt (frm) → saziare
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ISLAMABAD: A two-day "Art Bazaar" would be held here at Gallery 6 from April 27 which will be an ideal occasion for art-lovers to satiate their appetite for art by selecting works from multiple genres and a diverse range at discountable rates.
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Bomasang said the Malampaya field had somehow stepped up on helping satiate the country's power supply in the series of yellow and red alerts inflicting Luzon, "otherwise, the power shortage would have been much worse, and the brownouts would have been longer and more frequent."
Unfortunately, Modi sarkar has miserably failed in addressing India's real concerns and is now resorting to such measures that could satiate the religious fervour of the majority, but at the cost of making them deprived of their basic right to access to education, employment, health-care and housing facilities.
However, people still hesitate to gorge on "meat-free and vegetarian" diet pondering whether the taste would satiate the palate or not.