the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit.
imp. of sit.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An obsolete or archaic preterit of sit.
To fill full; glut; surfeit; satiate.
Synonyms Surfeit, etc. (see satisfy), glut, gorge.
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v. fill to satisfaction
Word Usage
"Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has said that the sate was the first in the Country to implement inter-linking of rivers to prevent water from flowing into the Bay of Bengal."