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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Possible to satisfy or sate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being satiated or satisfied.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
sated ,satisfiable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being sated
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Examples
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Sahwah, like the Elephant's Child, was filled with 'satiable' curiosity.
The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way 1924
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Could it be that he wants a satiable, not insatiable lust?
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Unfortunately many students have their "'satiable curiosity" not only buried, but well and truly laid to rest as they struggle up Mount.
October 2008 2008
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Unfortunately many students have their "'satiable curiosity" not only buried, but well and truly laid to rest as they struggle up Mount.
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It seems only natural that the daily circuit of, say, moon round earth, though satiable only by a mind, was independent of any perception whatever.
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I think it is HIGHLY satiable - by GLloyd Rowsey on Saturday, Jan 10, 2009 at 5: 58: 12 AM
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The standard definition of utility starts with the assumption of complete, transitive, non-satiable, non-alphabetic preferences over all goods.
Just Resting, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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'Vantage number three, 'satiable Elephant's Child.
The time is out of joint, O cursed spite . . . jhetley 2008
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The strangest, absolute strangest thing is that rather than paranoia it is a strong and satiable sadness.
indiankurtis Diary Entry indiankurtis 2008
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When I see her in these moods there's this very satiable feeling of hopelessness, helplessness and this suffocating feeling of needing to be helped.
indiankurtis Diary Entry indiankurtis 2008
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