sate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to satisfy an appetite, thirst, curiosity, or desire fully

   The meal was large enough to sate even the hungriest traveler.

2. 2
   verb

   to supply something so abundantly that interest or desire is exhausted

   Months of sensational coverage began to sate the public's appetite for the story.

The modern verb was reshaped under the influence of satiate from earlier sade, 'satisfy or weary,' which descended through Middle English from Old English sadian, 'become satisfied.' It is related to sad in that word's older sense 'sated or weary.'

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