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sate

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sate"

English edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /seɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1 edit

Alteration (after words such as satiate and satisfy) of 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”). Doublet of sad.

Verb edit

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
    At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.
    • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 12, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
      crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      Indeed his rendering is so excellent an example of mediæval learning and latinity that, even at the risk of sating the learned reader with too many antiquities, I have made up my mind to give it in fac-simile, together with an expanded version for the benefit of those who find the contractions troublesome.
    • 1898, J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London: Edward Arnold, →OCLC:
      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 edit

Used interchangeably with, though less common than, satiate.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ “Monthly Gleanings: November 2011: Sate versus satiated.”, OUPblog

Etymology 2 edit

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

Verb edit

sate

  2. (dated, poetic) simple past and past participle of sit

Etymology 3 edit

From Malay sate (“satay”).

Noun edit

sate

  1. satay

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Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay sate (“satay”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsate]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧té

Noun edit

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

  1. (colloquial) satay (dish)

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Romanization edit

sate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さて
  2. Rōmaji transcription of サテ

Khumi Chin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ca, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zə. Cognates include Chinese 司 (sī) (and probably Chinese 作 (zuò)) and Mru caŋ.

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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
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Etymology 2 edit

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sate

  1. (transitive) to lengthen

References edit

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, pages 88-89

Malay edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Javanese saté, from Tamil சதை (catai, “flesh”).

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Noun edit

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

  1. satay (dish)

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North Frisian edit

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sate

  1. (Mooring) to sit

Conjugation edit

Mooring conjugation of sate
infinitive I sate
infinitive II tu saten
infinitive III än sat
past participle sin
imperative -
  present past
1st-person singular ik sat ik sätj
2nd-person singular dü satst dü sätjst
3rd-person singular hi/jü/et sat hi/jü/et sätj
1st-person dual wat sate wat sätjen
2nd-person dual jat sate jat sätjen
1st-person plural we sate we sätjen
2nd-person plural jam sate jam sätjen
3rd-person plural ja sate ja sätjen
  perfect pluperfect
1st-person singular ik hääw sin ik häi sin
2nd-person singular dü hääst sin dü häist sin
3rd-person singular hi/jü/et heet sin hi/jü/et häi sin
1st-person dual wat hääwe sin wat häin sin
2nd-person dual jat hääwe sin jat häin sin
1st-person plural we hääwe sin we häin sin
2nd-person plural jam hääwe sin jam häin sin
3rd-person plural ja hääwe sin ja häin sin
  future
1st-person singular ik wård sate
2nd-person singular dü wårst sate
3rd-person singular hi/jü/et wårt sate
1st-person dual wat wårde sate
2nd-person dual jat wårde sate
1st-person plural we wårde sate
2nd-person plural jam wårde sate
3rd-person plural ja wårde sate

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From satan.

Noun edit

sate c

  1. (colloquial) someone pitiable (arousing (contemptous) pity)
    stackars lilla sate
    poor little bastard
  2. (colloquial) a bastard (disagreeable or tricky person)
    Nån rik sate tänker köpa allt och köra ut oss
    Some rich bastard is planning to buy everything and run us out
    en slug sate
    a sly bastard

Declension edit

Declension of sate 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sate saten satar satarna
Genitive sates satens satars satarnas

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Etymology 1 edit

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Noun edit

satè (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒ)

  1. cord; strong string (used in spinning tops, etc.)
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Malay sate, from Tamil சதை (catai, “flesh”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sate (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of satay
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