satiate
Satisfy fully or to excess
Examples
In a meeting
“This comprehensive report should satiate the board's appetite for data.”
Over coffee
“That huge meal finally satiated my hunger after skipping breakfast.”
Why this word
satisfy
Satiate implies filling to excess or complete fullness, satisfy is meeting requirements adequately
fill
Satiate suggests gratification to the point of surfeit, fill is just making full
fulfill
Satiate emphasizes complete gratification often to excess, fulfill is completing what's needed
Usage tip
Use when satisfaction is complete, often implying fullness to the point of no more desire
Etymology
Latin 'satiare' (from satis enough) — to fill, satisfy fully
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