sate
verb/seɪt/
/seɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sate | /seɪt/ /seɪt/ |
| he / she / it sates | /seɪts/ /seɪts/ |
| past simple sated | /ˈseɪtɪd/ /ˈseɪtɪd/ |
| past participle sated | /ˈseɪtɪd/ /ˈseɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form sating | /ˈseɪtɪŋ/ /ˈseɪtɪŋ/ |
- sate something to satisfy a desireOxford Collocations DictionarySate is used with these nouns as the object:
- appetite
Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably an alteration of dialect sade, from Old English sadian ‘become sated or weary’ (related to sad). The change in the final consonant was due to association with satiate.Want to learn more?
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