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/in say"shee it/, adj.insatiable: insatiate greed.[1500-10; < L insatiatus not filled. See IN-3, SATIATE]
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Insatiate — In*sa ti*ate, a. [L. insatiatus.] Insatiable; as, insatiate thirst. [1913 Webster] The insatiate greediness of his desires. Shak. [1913 Webster] And still insatiate, thirsting still for blood. Hook. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
insatiate — index rapacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
insatiate — (adj.) mid 15c., insaciate, from L. insatiatus unsatisfied, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + satiatus, pp. of satiare (see SATIATE (Cf. satiate)) … Etymology dictionary
insatiate — [in sā′shət; in sā′shē ət, in sā′shēāt΄] adj. [L insatiatus] never satisfied; insatiable insatiately adv. insatiateness n … English World dictionary
insatiate — in•sa•ti•ate [[t]ɪnˈseɪ ʃi ɪt[/t]] adj. insatiable: insatiate greed[/ex] … From formal English to slang
insatiate — /ɪnˈseɪʃiət/ (say in saysheeuht) adjective insatiable: insatiate greed. –insatiately, adverb –insatiateness, noun …
insatiate — adjective Date: 15th century insatiable • insatiately adverb • insatiateness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
insatiate — adjective Insatiable … Wiktionary
insatiate — adj. cannot be satisfied, constantly craves more, insatiable … English contemporary dictionary
insatiate — [ɪn seɪʃɪət] adjective literary never satisfied … English new terms dictionary
