# satiate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/ · frequency rank #71,084

## Definitions
1. To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
2. To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

## 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”).

## Source
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