sate

Meanings

Verb

• To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
• Past of sit

Noun

• satay

Origin

• From earlier sade, 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.
• From Middle English sate, satte, from Old English sæt, first and third person singular preterite of sittan.
• From Malay sate ("satay").