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satisfy(dictionary)

satisfy (iou)



satisfy verb. LME.
[Old French satisfier irreg. from Latin satisfacere, from satis enough: see -FY.]
I. With ref. to debt or obligation.
verb trans. Now chiefly Law. Pay off or discharge fully; clear (a debt); adequately fulfil (an obligation) or comply with (a demand). Also, pay a debt to (a creditor). LME.
W. Cruise The..estate was not sufficient to satisfy the legacies.
verb trans. Make reparation for (a wrong or injury); atone for (an offence). LME-E18.
b. Make atonement or reparation to (a person, his or her honour, etc.). E17-M19.
verb intrans. Make full payment, reparation, or atonement (for); spec. in Christian Theology, (of Christ) suffer punishment for the sins of humankind. obsolete exc. Christian Theology. LME.
II. With ref. to feelings or desires.
verb trans.
a. Fulfil the desire or expectation of; be accepted by (a person, his or her taste, judgement, etc.) as adequate; content. Also, fulfil (a desire or expectation). LME.
satisfy the examiners attain the standard required to pass an examination.
C. P. Snow Paul was satisfying his curiosity about Humphrey's family. J. Didion He can satisfy his American History requirement with a three-unit course.
b. In pass. Be content (with, to do); be well pleased (with). LME.
N. Sherry Not satisfied with simply editing the magazine, he took it over.
verb trans. Cause to have enough; supply fully the needs of; put an end to (an appetite or want) by fully supplying it. LME.
Medical & Physical Journal He takes..food without being satisfied.
verb trans. Answer sufficiently (an objection or question); fulfil or comply with (a request); solve (a doubt or difficulty). LME.
verb trans. Provide with sufficient proof or information; free from doubt or uncertainty; convince. (Foll. by of, that.) L15.
I. Murdoch A glance round..satisfied me that Hugo wasn't there.
verb intrans. Cause or give satisfaction or contentment. E17.
D. Cecil Marianne..satisfies on..virtue but not on sense.
verb trans. Answer the requirements of (a state of things, a hypothesis, etc.); accord with (conditions). M17.
b. Math. Of a known quantity: fulfil the conditions of (an equation), be an admissible solution to (an equation). E19.
satisfiedly adverb in a satisfied manner L16.
satisfiedness noun satisfied state or quality L16.
satisfier noun LME.
satisfyingly adverb in a satisfying manner M17.
satisfyingness noun (rare) satisfying quality M19.