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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
allay, appease, assuage, cloy, cram, engorge, feast, feed, fill, fill up, glut, gorge, gratify, jade, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pall, quench, regale, satiate, satisfy, saturate, slake, stall, stodge, stuff, supersaturate, surfeit
Dictionary Results for sate:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sate
    v 1: fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate, sate,
         replete, fill]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sate \Sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sated; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Sating.] [Probably shortened fr. satiate: cf. L. satur
   full. See Satiate.]
   To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to
   surfeit.
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         Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and
         pleasure of great cities.                --Macaulay.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sate \Sate\,
   imp. of Sit.
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         But sate an equal guest at every board.  --Lowell.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sat \Sat\ (s[a^]t),
   imp. of Sit. [Written also sate.]
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat
   (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten,
   AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.
   sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,
   Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad.
   [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair,
   Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside,
   Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell,
   Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size,
   Subsidy.]
   1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
      trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes
      of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
      the ground.
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            And he came and took the book put of the right hand
            of him that sate upon the seat.       --Bible (1551)
                                                  (Rev. v. 7.)
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            I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.
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   2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a
      branch, pole, etc.
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   3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest
      in any position or condition.
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            And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,
            Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit
            here?                                 --Num. xxxii.
                                                  6.
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            Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.
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   4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,
      a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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            The calamity sits heavy on us.        --Jer. Taylor.
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   5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.
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            This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
            Sits not so easy on me as you think.  --Shak.
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   6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;
      -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;
      to incubate.
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            As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
            not.                                  --Jer. xvii.
                                                  11.
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   8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a
      relative position; to have direction.
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            Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which
            way soever the wind sits.             --Selden.
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            Sits the wind in that quarter?        --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;
      as, to sit in Congress.
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   10. To hold a session; to be in session for official
       business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,
       etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
       to-night.
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   11. To take a position for the purpose of having some
       artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture
       or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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   To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A
      farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a
      great rent". --Bacon.

   To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for
      eating.

   To sit down.
       (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to
           sit down when tired.
       (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the
           town.
       (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. --Spenser.
       (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit
           down, but still proceed in our search." --Rogers.

   To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for
      examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng.
      Univ.]

   To sit out.
       (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] --Bp.
           Sanderson.
       (b) To outstay.
       (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand
           of cards.

   To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations
      of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good
      preaching.

   To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent
      posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as,
      to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up
      with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to
      speak." --Luke vii. 15.
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