sate

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

sate, v. t. [Probably shortened fr. satiate: cf. L. satur full. See Satiate.].

 To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit.  [1913 Webster]
"Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities."  [1913 Webster]

sate, imp. 

 imp. of Sit.  [1913 Webster]
"But sate an equal guest at every board."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sate, v.tr.
1 gratify (desire, or a desirous person) to the full.
2 cloy, surfeit, weary with over-abundance (sated with pleasure).

Derivative

sateless adj. poet.

Etymology

prob. f. dial. sade, OE sadian (as SAD), assim. to SATIATE

THESAURUS

sate

allay, appease, assuage, cloy, cram, engorge, feast, feed, fill, fill up, glut, gorge, gratify, jade, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pall, quench, regale, satiate, satisfy, saturate, slake, stall, stodge, stuff, supersaturate, surfeit

ROGET THESAURUS

sate

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.