satiate
adjEtymology First attested in the 1440–1450s, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (“sufficient”).
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Rare Filled to satisfaction or to excess; satiated, satisfied.
- A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares, To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde, That ſatiate with ſpoile refuſeth blood:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i:
- Our generals now, retir'd to their estates, Hang their old trophies o'er the garden gates; In life's cool evening satiate of applause1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:
- Related terms
- sate, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, satisfactory, satisfy