sate
/seit/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full; to fill completely.
- To provide with more than enough, often to the point of excess or surfeit.
Usage
- The verb "sate" is used to describe the action of completely satisfying a need, desire, or appetite. It often implies a sense of fullness or even overindulgence.
- It is typically followed by a direct object, such as a person's hunger, curiosity, or a specific desire.
- It is a formal or literary term.
Examples
- Verb:
- The lavish feast was enough to sate the hunger of all the guests.
- He read several books to sate his curiosity about ancient history.
- Nothing seemed to sate her desire for power.
Advanced Usage
- "to sate oneself on/with something": To indulge in something to the point of complete satisfaction or excess.
- The children sated themselves on candy at the party.
- The past participle "sated" is commonly used as an adjective to describe a state of complete satisfaction.
- After the large meal, I felt completely sated.
Variants and Related Words
- Satiate (verb): A close synonym meaning to satisfy fully or, more often, to over-supply.
- Sated (adjective): Fully satisfied, especially in terms of appetite or desire.
- He was sated after the enormous dinner.
- Satiable (adjective): Capable of being satisfied.
- Human curiosity is not always satiable.
Synonyms
- Satisfy: To meet the needs or desires of.
- Satiate: To satisfy to the full, often implying excess.
- Surfeit: To supply or feed to excess.
- Glut: To fill to excess; oversupply.
Antonyms
- Starve: To suffer or die from hunger; to deprive of nourishment.
- Deprive: To deny the possession or use of something.
- Whet: To sharpen or stimulate (an appetite or desire).
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "Sate one's appetite/thirst": To fully satisfy one's physical hunger or thirst.
- A single glass of water did little to sate his thirst after the long run.
- "Sate one's curiosity": To fully satisfy one's desire to know or learn something.
- The documentary sated my curiosity about life in the deep ocean.