sate

Sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sating.]

Etymology: [Probably shortened fr. satiate: cf. L. satus full. See Satiate.]

To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit. Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities. Macaulay.

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Sate

imp. of Sit. But sate an equal guest at every board. Lowell.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for sate; he lists it under satisfy.

Where he writes about it:

To sate or satiate is to gratify desire so fully as for a time to extinguish it. — from satisfy

Synonyms

satisfy cloy content fill glut satiate suffice surfeit

Antonyms

check deny disappoint refuse restrain restrict starve stint straiten tantalize

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