Meanings
adjectivesative (not comparable)
alternative satiue
- not comparableobsoleteSown or planted; propagated by seed, shoot, or root; cultivated, not wild.
The wild Pine differs no otherwise from the Sative.
1725, “Pine”, in Bradley’s Family Dictionary2 more examples
Tabacco… Translated out of India in the seed or roote; Natiue or satiue in our own fruitfullest soiles.
1599, Henry Buttes, Dyets Drie Dinner, P4bThese [trees] we shall divide into the greater and more ceduous…and such as are sative and hortensial.
1664, John Evelyn, Sylva; or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty’s Dominions, 3rd edition, published 1679, page 2
Origin
- Latinsatīvus“that may be sown or planted”
- Englishsative
From Latin satīvus (“that may be sown or planted”).
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Rhymes with sative
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“sative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sative.
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