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Definition of satiate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

satiate

verb
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪt/
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪt/
[usually passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they satiate
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪt/
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪt/
he / she / it satiates
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪts/
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪts/
past simple satiated
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪtɪd/
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪtɪd/
past participle satiated
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪtɪd/
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪtɪd/
-ing form satiating
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈseɪʃieɪtɪŋ/
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  1. satiate somebody/something to give somebody so much of something that they do not feel they want any more
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin satiatus, past participle of satiare, from satis ‘enough’.
See satiate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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