sate
To satisfy the appetite or desire ofTo satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
» Tell her that I am sated.
Meaning
1 sensesTo satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.
sättigen
fill to satisfaction
Examples
8 sentencesTell her that I am sated.
Tell him that I am sated.
His appetite is still far from sated.
deSein Appetit ist noch lange nicht gesättigt.
When animals sate themselves, they quarrel in the stable.
Drink most, which will definitely sate you, of the coffee.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of earlier sade (“to weary, satiate,Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of earlier sade (“to weary, satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden (“to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (“to saturate, satisfy, satiate”), Icelandic seðja (“to satisfy”). Doublet of sad.
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Forms
sates, sating, sated, satedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle