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English word origin

Etymology of sat

See sit.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

simple past and past participle of sit

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See sit.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
adj

Abbreviation of satisfactory. · Abbreviation of satisfied. · Abbreviation of saturated.

noun

Abbreviation of satellite (“artificial orbital body”). · Abbreviation of satori (“a mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males)”). · Abbreviation of satoshi (“a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin”). · Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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