Meanings
present singular third person satiates · participle present satiating · participle past satiated · past satiated
comparative more satiate · superlative most satiate
- rareFilled 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; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i1 more example
Our generals now, retir'd to their estates, Hang their old trophies o'er the garden gates; In life's cool evening satiate of applause
1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesupplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
verbovereat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsatiātus
- Englishsatiate
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”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κορέννυμι
- κορέννυμι (korénnumi)satisfy
Arabic شَبَّعَ
- شَبَّعَ (šabbaʕa)satisfy
Bulgarian задоволявам, засищам
- задоволявам (zadovoljavam)satisfy
- засищам (zasištam)satisfy
- пресищам (presištam)satisfy to excess
Catalan saciar
- saciarsatisfy
Chinese Mandarin 滿足 /满足, 飽賞 /饱赏
- 滿足 /满足 (mǎnzú)satisfy
- 飽賞 /饱赏 (bǎoshǎng)satisfy to excess
Dutch verzadigen, oververzadigen
- verzadigensatisfy
- oververzadigensatisfy to excess
- overzadigensatisfy to excess
Esperanto saturi
- saturisatisfy
Finnish tyydyttää, kyllästää
- tyydyttääsatisfy
- kyllästääsatisfy to excess
French rassasier, rassasier
- rassasiersatisfy
- rassasiersatisfy to excess
German sättigen, übersättigen
- sättigensatisfy
- übersättigensatisfy to excess
Hebrew הִשְׂבִּיעַ
- הִשְׂבִּיעַ (hisbía)satisfy
Hungarian kielégít, jóllakat
- kielégítsatisfy
- jóllakatsatisfy to excess
Italian saziare
- saziaresatisfy
Japanese 満たす
- 満たす (mitasu)satisfy
Lithuanian pasotinti
- pasotintisatisfy
Polish zaspokajać, zaspokoić
- zaspokajaćsatisfy
- zaspokoićsatisfy
- nasycaćsatisfy to excess
- nasycićsatisfy to excess
Portuguese saciar, saciar
- saciarsatisfy
- saciarsatisfy to excess
Romanian sătura
- săturasatisfy
Russian насыща́ть, насы́тить
- насыща́ть (nasyščátʹ)satisfy
- насы́тить (nasýtitʹ)satisfy
- насыща́ть (nasyščátʹ)satisfy to excess
- насы́тить (nasýtitʹ)satisfy to excess
Scottish Gaelic sàsaich, sàsaich
- sàsaichsatisfy
- sàsaichsatisfy to excess
Spanish saciar, matar el hambre
- saciarsatisfy
- matar el hambresatisfy
- saciarsatisfy to excess
Swahili -shibisha
- -shibishasatisfy
Turkish doyurmak
- doyurmaksatisfy
Ukrainian наси́чувати, наси́ти́ти
- наси́чувати (nasýčuvaty)satisfy
- наси́ти́ти (nasýtýty)satisfy
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satiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satiate
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