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

(old use) The old past tense of «sit», meaning the same as «sat». tree →
To satisfy a hunger or desire completely, so there is no more wanting. tree →

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 →
Somebody has been sitting in my chair and has sate the bottom out of it. tree →
The sheep sate in the field all day. tree →

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 →
For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. (Writings PSA.88.4, JPS 1917) tree →
Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt. (Writings PSA.123.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

Early Modern English

Meaning

To have sat down or been seated, in the past. tree →

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 →
‘Somebody has been sitting in my chair, and has sate the bottom of it out!’ (The Green Fairy Book) tree →
“Somebody has been sitting in my chair and has sate the bottom out of it!” (English Fairy Tales) tree →

Note

Today: sat.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «sate» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«sate» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «sate» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«sate» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «sate» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«sate» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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