different between sate vs suffice

English

Alternative forms

• sade (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Etymology 1

From earlier sade (“to weary, satiate, satisfy”), from Middle English saden (“to weary, satisfy, become wearied or satiated”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-Germanic *sad?n? (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognate with Middle Low German saden, Middle High German saten (“to saturate, satisfy, satiate”), Icelandic seðja (“to satisfy”). Cognate with sad.

Verb

sate (third-person singular simple present sates, present participle sating, simple past and past participle sated)

1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.

   Synonyms: satiate, fill up

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.

Usage notes

Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.

Derived terms

• sated
• satedness
• sateless
• unsated
• unsating

Related terms

• satiate
• satisfactory
• saturate
• surfeit

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan (“to sit”).

Verb

sate

1. (dated, poetic) simple past tense of sit

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:sit.

Etymology 3

From Malay sate (“satay”).

Noun

sate

1. satay

Anagrams

• AEST, ESTA, East, SEAT, Seat, TEAs, east, eats, etas, seat, seta, tase, teas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sate (“satay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sate]
• Hyphenation: sa?té

Noun

sate (first-person possessive sateku, second-person possessive satemu, third-person possessive satenya)

1. (colloquial) satay (dish)

Synonyms

• satai

Further reading

• “sate” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

sate

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Khumi Chin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ca, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z?. Cognates include Chinese ? (s?) (and probably Chinese ? (zuò)) and Mru ca?.

Alternative forms

• (Khimi Chin) sauteh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?a?.te?/

Verb

sate

1. (transitive) to do
2. (transitive) to make
3. (transitive) to build
4. (transitive) to plant
5. (transitive) to serve
6. (transitive) to prepare, arrange

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?a?.te?/

Verb

sate

1. (transitive) to lengthen

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?^[2], Payap University, pages 88-89

Malay

Etymology

From Tamil ??? (catai, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sate/
• Rhymes: -te, -e

Noun

sate (Jawi spelling ?????, plural sate-sate, informal 1st possessive sateku, impolite 2nd possessive satemu, 3rd possessive satenya)

1. satay (dish)

Descendants

Further reading

• “sate” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

North Frisian

Verb

sate

1. (Mooring Dialect) to sit

Conjugation

Tagalog

Noun

satè

1. cord or strong string (used in spinning tops, etc.)

English

Etymology

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin suffici? (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faci? (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /s??fa?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Verb

suffice (third-person singular simple present suffices, present participle sufficing, simple past and past participle sufficed)

1. (intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.

   For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.
2. (transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.

   A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.

   • 1838, The Church of England quarterly review (page 203)

     Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.

3. To furnish; to supply adequately.

Usage notes

• Commonly used in the phrase suffice it to say.
• Mostly used in modal verb constructions, such as: Half a loaf per day will suffice. This is much more common than the direct form Half a loaf per day suffices.

Synonyms

• (be enough) work, do

Related terms

• satisfice
• sufficient

Translations

Further reading

• suffice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• suffice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• suffice at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Cuffies, cuffies

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?suf.fi.ke/, [?s??f??k?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?suf.fi.t??e/, [?suf?it???]

Verb

suffice

1. second-person singular present active imperative of suffici?