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Satiate v. t. (past & past part. satiated; pres. part. satiating)

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." "I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood."

To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.

To saturate. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To satisfy; sate; suffice; cloy; gorge; overfill; surfeit; glut. 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." "His whole felicity is endless strife; No peace, no satisfaction, crowns his life." "He may be satiated, but not satisfied."

adjective

Satiate adj. Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; followed by with or of. "Satiate of applause."

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"Satiate" Quotes from Famous Books

... in highest stead I rate * For that her charms ne'er satiate; All fragrant flow'rs be troops to her * Their general of high estate: Where she is not they boast and vaunt; * But, when she comes, they ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton

... decreed in tumultuous votes, [462] that his honors should be reversed, his titles erased from the public monuments, his statues thrown down, his body dragged with a hook into the stripping room of the gladiators, to satiate the public fury; and they expressed some indignation against those officious servants who had already presumed to screen his remains from the justice of the senate. But Pertinax could not refuse those last rites to the memory of Marcus, and the tears ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 1 • Edward Gibbon

... classical Latin is easily seen, and we can well imagine that this and the Salian hymn of Numa were all but unintelligible to those who recited them. [11] The most probable rendering is as follows:—"Help us, O Lares! and thou, Marmar, suffer not plague and ruin to attack our folk. Be satiate, O fierce Mars! Leap over the threshold. Halt! Now beat the ground. Call in alternate strain upon all the heroes. Help us, Marmor. Bound high in solemn measure." Each line was repeated thrice, the ...

— A History of Roman Literature - From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius • Charles Thomas Cruttwell

... to his Majesty, he uttered a loud outcry of astonishment, and could not satiate his eyes with gazing at it. Then he bade me take it back to my house, saying he would tell me at the proper time what I should have to do with it. So I carried it home, and sent at once to invite several of my best friends; we dined gaily together, placing the salt-cellar ...

— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini

... accounts so clear, that he is perfectly justifiable in avoiding the last outrages of envy and malice. Just as Aristides and inflexible as Cato, he is indebted to his virtues for his enemies. Let them satiate their fury upon me. I defy their power, and devote myself to death. He ought to save himself for the sake of his country, to which he may ...

— Madame Roland, Makers of History • John S. C. Abbott

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