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.