Definition

1. 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.

Verb

1. fill to satisfaction
   • I am sated