satiate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sa=ti=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

satiate, a. [L. satiatus, p. p. of satiare to satisfy, from sat, satis, enough. See Sad, a., and cf. Sate.].

 Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; -- followed by with or of.  Pope.  [1913 Webster]

satiate, v. t. 

•  To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense.  [1913 Webster]

  "These [smells] rather woo the sense than satiate it."  [1913 Webster]

  "I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood."  [1913 Webster]
•  To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.  [1913 Webster]
•  To saturate.  Sir I. Newton.  [1913 Webster]

  "Content with science in the vale of peace."  [1913 Webster]

  "His whole felicity is endless strife;
  No peace, no satisfaction, crowns his life."  [1913 Webster]

  "He may be satiated, but not satisfied."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To satisfy; sate; suffice; cloy; gorge; overfill; surfeit; glut.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

satiate, adj. & v.
--adj. archaic satiated.
--v.tr. = SATE.

Derivative

satiable adj. archaic. satiation n.

Etymology

L satiatus past part. of satiare f. satis enough

THESAURUS

satiate

allay, appease, assuage, be infinitely repetitive, be tedious, bore, brim, charge, chock, choke, cloy, congest, content, cram, crowd, deluge, drag on, drench, engorge, exhaust, fatigue, feast, feed, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, flood, freight, fulfill, full, glut, glutted, gluttonize, go on forever, gorge, gorged, gratify, indulge, irk, jade, jaded, jam, jam-pack, lade, load, overburden, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, overindulge, overlade, overload, oversaturate, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, pall, quench, ram in, regale, sate, sated, satisfy, saturate, slake, soak, stall, stodge, stuff, suffocate, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, surfeited, tire, tire to death, top off, wad, wear, wear on, weary, weight

ROGET THESAURUS

satiate

Pleasurableness

VB cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure, please, charm, delight, becharm, imparadise, gladden, take, captivate, fascinate, enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch, enravish, bless, beatify, satisfy, gratify, desire, slake, satiate, quench, indulge, humor, flatter, tickle, tickle the palate, regale, refresh, enliven, treat, amuse, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy, meet one's wishes, win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart, do one's heart good, attract, allure, stimulate, interest, make things pleasant, popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill, sweeten.

Satiety

VB sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, cloy, quench, slake, pall, glut, gorge, surfeit, bore, tire, spoil, have enough of, have quite enough of, have one's fill, have too much of, be satiated.