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  satiable Satie, Erik Alfred Leslie  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
satiate
 
SYLLABICATION:sa·ti·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  ssh-t
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: sa·ti·at·ed, sa·ti·at·ing, sa·ti·ates
1. To satisfy (an appetite or desire) fully. 2. To satisfy to excess.
ADJECTIVE:(-t) Filled to satisfaction.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English saciaten, from Latin satire, satit-, from satis, sufficient. See s- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:sati·ation —NOUN
 
 
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