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SAYSH-ee-ayt/ˈseɪʃieɪt/

To satiate is to satisfy fully, often past the point of comfort (formal): satiate an appetite, satiated with praise. Satisfy is everyday and milder; sate is the close literary twin. A surfeit (this batch) is the resulting excess. Do not satiate a board with logos while the clinic has no spare key.

Meaning

To satisfy a desire or appetite fully, often to the point of excess (formal).

Examples

• “Do not satiate the board with logos while the clinic has no spare key.”
• “Satisfy is everyday. Sate is the short cousin. Fill is physical. Enough with a dated n is professionalism. A reel of branding that never names the deputy is how a night post dies. Feed the rota; then the compliments.”

Good to know

Fill to overflowing. Everyday: satisfy. Close: sate. Cousin noun: surfeit (this batch). Logos ≠ a spare key.

Near in meaning

satisfy

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