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satt

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An old spelling of 'sat.' It appears in older printed texts and can look unfamiliar today.

Detailed Definition
Satt is an archaic or early modern spelling of the past tense of 'sit.' It does not change the meaning, but it marks the poem’s historical language and may catch a modern reader’s eye. Here it simply means the speakers sat down on the moss.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Down there we satt upon the Moss,” preserves an archaic or dialectal past tense of sit; standard modern English uses “sat”; the spelling can mark regional voice and historical period; “we satt by the hearth till dawn” keeps an older cadence in a narrative line
Additional Notes
The form "satt" in "Down there we satt upon the Moss" is an old spelling that readers may not instantly identify as 'sat'.; Found in the poem, The Willing Mistriss by Aphra Behn
Also Known As
satisfied fulfilled contented gratified
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