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sate
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)
- 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
- (dated, poetic) simple past tense of sit
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sit.
Etymology 3
From Malay sate (“satay”).
Noun
sate
- 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)
- (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
- R?maji transcription of ??
- 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
- (transitive) to do
- (transitive) to make
- (transitive) to build
- (transitive) to plant
- (transitive) to serve
- (transitive) to prepare, arrange
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?a?.te?/
Verb
sate
- (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)
- 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
- (Mooring Dialect) to sit
Conjugation
Tagalog
Noun
satè
- cord or strong string (used in spinning tops, etc.)
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suffice
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)
- (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.
- (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.
- 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
- second-person singular present active imperative of suffici?
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