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# sate

verb (sate, sates, sated, sating); old form of sit (past tense)

«sate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old use) The old past tense of «sit», meaning the same as «sat». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sate/#m1)
2. To satisfy a hunger or desire completely, so there is no more wanting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sate/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the past tense of sit; a plain word for a child is «sat»

### Examples

- So down she sate and wept. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sate/#x1)
- Somebody has been sitting in my chair and has sate the bottom out of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sate/#x2)
- The sheep sate in the field all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sate/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

To sate is to fill someone completely; in the Bible it often means to be filled with trouble or contempt rather than good things.

**Interpretation.** Lamentations uses this to show deep grief, and Jewish readers recall it at Tisha B'Av.

### Examples

- He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood. (Writings LAM.3.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sate/#x1)
- For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. (Writings PSA.88.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sate/#x2)
- Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt. (Writings PSA.123.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sate/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

To have sat down or been seated, in the past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sate/#m1)

### Then and now

Old past form of sit, no longer used; today we say sat. (Today sate can also mean to satisfy someone fully, which these sentences do not use.)

### Examples

- So down she sate; I suppose she wept. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sate/#x1)
- ‘Somebody has been sitting in my chair, and has sate the bottom of it out!’ (The Green Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sate/#x2)
- “Somebody has been sitting in my chair and has sate the bottom out of it!” (English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sate/#x3)

### Note

Today: sat.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sate» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sate» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/sate.html) on Mova free.