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Antonyms for sate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : seyt
Phonetic Transcription : seɪt


Definition of sate

Origin :
  • "to satisfy, surfeit," c.1600, alteration (by influence of Latin satiare "satiate") of Middle English saden "become satiated; satiate," from Old English sadian "to satiate, fill; be sated, get wearied," from Proto-Germanic *sadon "to satisfy, sate," from root *sa- "to satisfy" (see sad (adj.)). Related: Sated; sating.
  • verb satiate
  • verb satisfy
Example sentences :
  • Than an other, that sate at souper with them, asked this Charles, how longe he had dwelled there.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
  • There he sate, swaying his long stick, now talking to this horse, and now to that cow.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Comedy » by Various
  • The day was declining, and Ernst and Elise sate in one of the parlour windows.
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
  • I sate by him about twenty minutes, and was then ordered away.
  • Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan
  • We saw him approach, he entered, drew a chair, and sate down.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Wakefield » by Oliver Goldsmith
  • Many of the members had sate in that very chamber with Russell.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • When he rose with the rest to leave, he left the cloak where he had sate on it.
  • Extract from : « France and the Republic » by William Henry Hurlbert
  • Waife uttered a cry like a shriek, and then sate voiceless and aghast.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • So he put the letter into her hands, and sate down, watching her countenance.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Githa, Earl Godwin's wife, sate in her chamber, and her heart was sad.
  • Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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