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Satisfy   /sˈætəsfˌaɪ/  /sˈætɪsfˌaɪ/   Listen
verb
Satisfy  v. t.  (past & past part. satisfied; pres. part. satisfying)  
1.
In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for. "Death shall... with us two Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw."
2.
To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
3.
To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
4.
To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry. "The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying."
Synonyms: To satiate; sate; content; grafity; compensate. See Satiate.


Satisfy  v. i.  
1.
To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
2.
To make payment or atonement; to atone.





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"Satisfy" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sable and those of the Abbe Esprit—the latter contained in a Jansenist volume called "The Falsity of Human Virtues"—were published independently, but in the same year, 1678. Any one who has the patience to refer to these works may satisfy himself that Mme de Sable, as an artist, is superior to Esprit, but immeasurably inferior to La Rochefoucauld, who is the one ...
— Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France • Edmund Gosse
... of knowledge which is necessary to constitute a freeman. If every dunce should be a slave, your servitude is inevitable; and richly do you deserve the lash for your obtuseness. Our white population, too, would furnish blockheads enough to satisfy all the classical kidnappers ...
— Thoughts on African Colonization • William Lloyd Garrison
... leave now, but I shall come again soon, and I will tell you all. You shall carry words that will satisfy ...
— The Texan Star - The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty • Joseph A. Altsheler
... less than two farthings I will throw Perseus to the dogs, and so our differences will be ended." This, then, made me anxious, and induced me to entrust Girolamo degli Albizzi with the negotiations, telling him anything would satisfy me provided I retained the good graces of the Duke. That honest fellow was excellent in all his dealings with soldiers, especially with the militia, who are for the most part rustics; but he had no taste for statuary, and therefore could not understand its conditions. Consequently, when ...
— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini
... determined upon accomplishing the bloody work they had entered the Territory to perform. Nothing but the destruction of Lawrence and the other Free State towns, the massacre of the Free State residents, and the appropriation of their lands and other property, could satisfy them. ...
— Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler • Pardee Butler


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