I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

Luke x. 18.

{ Sa*tan"ic (?), Sa*tan"ic*al (?) }, a. [Cf. F. satanique, Gr. &?;.] Of

or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling

Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal. "Satanic

strength." "Satanic host." Milton.

Detest the slander which, with a Satanic smile, exults over the

character it has ruined.

Dr. T. Dwight.

-- Sa*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Sa*tan"ic*al*ness, n.

Sa"tan*ism (?), n. The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a

diabolical spirit. [R.]

Sa"tan*ist, n. A very wicked person. [R.] Granger.

Sa`tan*oph"a*ny (?), n. [Satan + Gr. &?; to appear.] An incarnation of

Satan; a being possessed by a demon. [R.] O. A. Brownson.

Satch"el (?) n. [OF. sachel, fr. L. saccellus, dim. of saccus. See Sack

a bag.] A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small

articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag. [Spelled also sachel.]

The whining schoolboy with his satchel.

Shak.

Sate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sating.] [Probably

shortened fr. satiate: cf. L. satur full. See Satiate.] To satisfy the

desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit.

Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great

cities.

Macaulay.

Sate (?), imp. of Sit.

But sate an equal guest at every board.

Lowell.

Sat*een" (?), n. [Cf. Satin.] A kind of dress goods made of cotton or

woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.

Sate"less (?), a. Insatiable. [R.] Young.

Sat"el*lite (?), n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an attendant.] 1. An

attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an

obsequious dependent. "The satellites of power." I. Disraeli.

2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet;

as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under

Solar.

Satellite moth (Zoöl.), a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma

satellitia).

Sat"el*lite, a. (Anat.) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite

veins, those which accompany the arteries.

Sat`el*li"tious (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites.

[R.] Cheyne.

Sath"an*as (?), n. [L. Satanas. See Satan] Satan. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wyclif.

Sa"ti*ate (?), a. [L. satiatus, p. p. of satiare to satisfy, from sat,

satis, enough. See Sad, a., and cf. Sate.] Filled to satiety; glutted;

sated; -- followed by with or of. "Satiate of applause." Pope.

Sa"ti*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Satiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Satiating.] 1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the

full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to

satiate appetite or sense.

These [smells] rather woo the sense than satiate it.

Bacon.

I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be

satiated with my blood.

Eikon Basilike.

2. To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing;

to surfeit; to glut.

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section S · 第 139 / 3215 题