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Adjective: satiate  'sey-shi,eyt
  1. Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
    "There is a significant difference in recapture rates between starved and satiate fish";
    - satiated
Verb: satiate  'sey-shi,eyt
  1. Fill to satisfaction
    "I am satiated";
    - sate, replete, fill
     
  2. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
    "She satiated herself at the dinner";
    - gorge, ingurgitate [rare], overindulge, glut, englut [archaic], stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise [Brit], gourmandize, binge [informal], pig out [informal], gourmandise [Brit]

Derived forms: satiating, satiates, satiated

See also: jaded, satiable, satisfiable

Type of: consume, eat, have, ingest, take, take in

Encyclopedia: Satiate