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satiate

/ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/

satiate verb: to fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.

Verb

satiate (third-person singular simple present satiates, present participle satiating, simple past and past participle satiated)

  1. (transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
    • Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.
  2. (transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

Adjective

satiate (comparative more satiate, superlative most satiate)

  1. (rare) Filled to satisfaction or to excess; satiated, satisfied.
    • A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares,
      To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde,
      That ſatiate with ſpoile refuſeth blood:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • Our generals now, retir'd to their estates,
      Hang their old trophies o'er the garden gates;
      In life's cool evening satiate of applause1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]

satiate meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi

satiate in Telugu

to satiate or satisfy
తనియించు taniyiñcu

satiate in Malayalam

പൂർണ്ണമായി തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തുക, തിന്നുമടുക്കുക, ചെടിപ്പുണ്ടാക്കുക

satiate in Kannada

ತೃಪ್ತಿಪಡಿಸು, ಸಂತೃಪ್ತಿಮಾಡು, ತಣಿಸು, ವೆಗಟಾಗು, ಕಟ್ಟರೆಯಾಗು

satiate in Punjabi

to satiate, satisfy
ਰਜਾਉਣਾ rajāuṇā
More languagesFewer languages
satiate in Assamese
আমুৱা amua
satiate in Arabic
شَبَّعَ šabbaʕa

Synonyms of satiate

Forms of satiate

Verb
third-person singular presentsatiates
present participlesatiating
past participlesatiated
pastsatiated
Adjective
comparativemore satiate
superlativemost satiate

Past tense of satiate: satiated

Origin of satiate

First attested in the 1440–1450s, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (“sufficient”).

Words formed from satiate

Questions about satiate

What does satiate mean?
Satiate means to fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
What is satiate in Telugu?
Satiate in Telugu is తనియించు (taniyiñcu). See Satiate meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is satiate?
Satiate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce satiate?
Satiate is pronounced /ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/.
What is the past tense of satiate?
The past tense of satiate is satiated.

Words near satiate in the dictionary

  1. Sathonay
  2. sathrophilous
  3. sati
  4. satiability
  5. satiable
  6. satiate
  7. satiated
  8. satiatedness
  9. satiates
  10. satiateth
  11. satiating

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: satiate (page history and authors); తనియించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); satiate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); satiate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰਜਾਉਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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