satiate

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He heard The challenge, and nor spake, nor stirred, Nor feared; but now grown old, when hate And lust of glory satiate-- His heart took pride in Conn, and shared The kinship of the brave Who dared To meet the Viking bold, if he The succour of the band, should be Found faltering or in despair?

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  1. transitive verb To satisfy (an appetite or desire) fully.
  2. transitive verb To satisfy to excess.
  3. adjective Filled to satisfaction.

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  • Is it any wonder that the Israeli people aren't so keen on making themselves vulnerable to satiate the moral outrage of those who are silent so long as the bombs are only falling on Israel? —  Peace, order and good government, eh?
  • According to James McWilliams, author of the forthcoming "Just Food," eating local may be an unrealistic enterprise for many areas of the country (he offers Phoenix as an example) that cannot support enough food to satiate the local-eating populace. —  ABQnews Seeker Front Page
  • Carnivores and herbivores alike can satiate their palates with selections from Briny Riverfront, Big City Tavern, the award-winning Samba Room, and the vegetarian paradise, —  Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
  • If this still doesn't satiate our rampant avarice, well then we will tell those depressed folks who we already have on one drug that they need another and then they will be all better ... we promise this time. —  Whiskey Fire
  • Instead, all he has are memories of thousands (or more) hedonistic encounters trying to satiate a hunger, not of sexual gratification, but of emotional connection and intimacy. —  Latest Articles
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English saciaten, from Latin satiāre, satiāt-, from satis, sufficient; see sā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin satiatus, past participle of satiare (later Italian saziare = Spanish Portuguese saciar), fill full, satiate, from sat, satis, sufficient, satur, full; akin to sad: see sad, sate, satisfy.
  2. from Latin satiatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/
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