sate

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-West Germanic *sadōn (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“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

1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
   At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.

Etymology 2

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

verb

1. (dated, poetic) simple past of sit

Etymology 3

From Malay sate (“satay”).

noun

1. satay