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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
satiety
    n 1: the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take
         on more [syn: repletion, satiety, satiation]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Satiety \Sa*ti"e*ty\, n. [L. satietas, from satis, sat, enough:
   cf. F. sati['e]t['e].]
   The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of
   gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual
   desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification
   which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion;
   satiation.
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         In all pleasures there is satiety.       --Hakewill.
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         But thy words, with grace divine
         Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. --Milton.
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   Syn: Repletion; satiation; surfeit; cloyment.
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3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
SATIETY, n.  The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten
its contents, madam.


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