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Definition of Satiate
1. Adjective. Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction.
2. Verb. Fill to satisfaction. "I am sated"
Generic synonyms: Consume, Have, Ingest, Take, Take In
Specialized synonyms: Cloy, Pall
Derivative terms: Fill, Repletion, Satiation
3. Verb. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself. "The kids binged on ice cream"
Generic synonyms: Eat
Derivative terms: Binge, Engorgement, Gorger, Gourmand, Gourmandizer, Overeating, Overindulgence
Definition of Satiate
1. a. Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; -- followed by with or of.
2. 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.
Definition of Satiate
1. Verb. (transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety. ¹
3. Adjective. Filled to satisfaction or to excess. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Satiate
1. to satisfy to or beyond capacity [v SATIATED, SATIATING, SATIATES]
Medical Definition of Satiate
1. 1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; tho feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense. "These [smells] rather woo the sense than satiate it." (Bacon) "I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood." (Eikon Basilike) 2. To full beyond matural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut. 3. To saturate. Synonym: To satisfy, sate, suffice, cloy, gorge, overfill, surfeit, glut. Satiate, Satisfy, Content. These words differ principally in degree. To Content is to make contented, even though every desire or appetite is not fully gratified. To satisfy is to appease fully the longings of desire. To satiate is to fill so completely that it is not possible to receive or enjoy more; hence, to overfill; to cause disgust in. "Content with science in the vale of peace." (Pope) "His whole felicity is endless strife;" "No peace, no satisfaction, crowns his life." (Beaumont) "He may be satiated, but not satisfied." (Norris) Origin: Satiated; Satiating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Satiate
Literary usage of Satiate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"What grace thou show'st—these Trojans, whose hot blood Knows no restraint of
reason, nor will e'er Be satiate with the moil of changeful war. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"SATE, satiate, to glut, fill full, satisfy. (L.) In Hamlet, ". 5. .... Also Satur-day,
qv shortened form of satiate ; probably the pp. sated was at first ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"... the plunder of its neighbors, whose armies were constantly replenished by the
lawless and discontented, requiring fresh victims to satiate its rapacity. ..."
4. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"Cruel and relentless tyrants of the Congress and mankind, were in greedy expectation,
to satiate their unbounded malice and resentment, and even imbue their ..."
5. The Bacchanals and Other Plays by Euripides by Euripides (1888)
"... homage: from the Delphic fane, Yet there this vagrant hopes to reign, And
satiate his rapacious soul's desire With wealth, which others' toils acquire. ..."
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