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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SATIATE, v.t. sa'shate. [L. satiatus, from satio. See sate.]
1. To fill; to satisfy appetite or desire; to feed to the full, or to furnish enjoyment to the extent of desire; as, to satiate appetite or sense.
2. To fill to the extent of want; as, to satiate the earth or plants with water.
3. To glut; to fill beyond natural desire.
He may be satiated, but not satisfied.
4. To gratify desire to the utmost.
I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood.
5. To saturate. [Not unusual. See saturate.]
SA'TIATE, a. Filled to satiety; glutted; followed by with or of. the former is most common; as satiate of applause. [Unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction [syn: satiate, satiated] [ant: insatiable, insatiate, unsatiable] v
1: fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate, sate, replete, fill]
2: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 15th century filled to satiety II. transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin satiatus, past participle of satiare, from satis enough — more at sad Date: 15th century to satisfy (as a need or desire) fully or to excess • satiation noun Synonyms: satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire <years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel> <readers were sated with sensationalistic stories>. surfeit implies a nauseating repletion <surfeited themselves with junk food>. cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting <sentimental pictures that cloy after a while>. pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite <a life of leisure eventually begins to pall>. glut implies excess in feeding or supplying <a market glutted with diet books>. gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking <gorged themselves with chocolate>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & v. --adj. archaic satiated. --v.tr. = SATE. Derivatives: satiable adj. archaic. satiation n. Etymology: L satiatus past part. of satiare f. satis enough

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Satiate Sa"ti*ate, 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. ``Satiate of applause.'' --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Satiate Sa"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Satiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Satiating.] 1. 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. 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 natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut. 3. To saturate. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton. Syn: To satisfy; sate; suffice; cloy; gorge; overfill; surfeit; glut. Usage: 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(satiates, satiating, satiated) If something such as food or pleasure satiates you, you have all that you need or all that you want of it, often so much that you become tired of it. (FORMAL) The dinner was enough to satiate the gourmets... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Sate, satisfy, suffice, fill. 2. Cloy, gorge, overfill, glut, overfeed, surfeit, pall, sate.

Moby Thesaurus

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