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# sate

«sate» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **sat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

sat

### part of speech

verb, past tense of sit

### meaning for a pupil

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

### how it differs from today

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sate/#x3)

### primary record

sate

### tests

manual 6; corpora 15 (Torah 0, tales 15, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 1; ratio 0.6 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1543/)
- [Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2372/)
- [Our soul is full sated with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud oppressors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2373/)
- [Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be sated with thee, and hate thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.738/)
- [He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.68/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.