satiate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb fill to satisfaction
  2. verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
  3. adjective supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction

Etymology

First attested in the 1440–1450s, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (“sufficient”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

sate, replete, fill

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