sade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To tire, weary.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of sadhe.

Pronunciation

/seɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sade.wav

Word forms

sade sades sading saded

Etymology

From Middle English saden (“to weary, become weary or satisfied”), from Old English sadian (“to satisfy, satiate, fill, be sated, become wearied”), from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn (“to satiate, become satisfied”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Doublet of sate, a later variant; also cognate with English sad.

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