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satisfying

[sat-is-fahy]

sat·is·fy

[sat-is-fahy] verb, sat·is·fied, sat·is·fy·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
2.
to put an end to (a desire, want, need, etc.) by sufficient or ample provision: The hearty meal satisfied his hunger.
3.
to give assurance to; convince: to satisfy oneself by investigation.
4.
to answer sufficiently, as an objection.
5.
to solve or dispel, as a doubt.
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6.
to discharge fully (a debt, obligation, etc.).
7.
to make reparation to or for: to satisfy an offended person; to satisfy a wrong.
8.
to pay (a creditor).
9.
Mathematics.
a.
to fulfill the requirements or conditions of: to satisfy a theorem.
b.
(of a value of an unknown) to change (an equation) into an identity when substituted for the unknown: x = 2 satisfies 3x = 6.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
10.
to give satisfaction.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English satisfien < Middle French satisfier < Vulgar Latin *satisficāre (for Latin satisfacere to do enough; see satisfaction); see -fy

sat·is·fi·a·ble, adjective
sat·is·fi·er, noun
sat·is·fy·ing·ly, adverb
sat·is·fy·ing·ness, noun
non·sat·is·fy·ing, adjective
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out·sat·is·fy, verb (used with object), out·sat·is·fied, out·sat·is·fy·ing.
pre·sat·is·fy, verb (used with object), pre·sat·is·fied, pre·sat·is·fy·ing.
su·per·sat·is·fy, verb (used with object), su·per·sat·is·fied, su·per·sat·is·fy·ing.
un·sat·is·fi·a·ble, adjective
COLLAPSE


1. gratify, appease, pacify, please. Satisfy, content refer to meeting one's desires or wishes. To satisfy is to meet to the full one's wants, expectations, etc.: to satisfy a desire to travel. To content is to give enough to keep one from being disposed to find fault or complain: to content oneself with a moderate meal. 3. persuade.

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satisfy (ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ)
 
vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
1.  (also intr) to fulfil the desires or needs of (a person)
2.  to provide amply for (a need or desire)
3.  to relieve of doubt; convince
4.  to dispel (a doubt)
5.  to make reparation to or for
6.  to discharge or pay off (a debt) to (a creditor)
7.  to fulfil the requirements of; comply with: you must satisfy the terms of your lease
8.  maths, logic to fulfil the conditions of (a theorem, assumption, etc); to yield a truth by substitution of the given value: x = 3 satisfies x² -- 4x + 3 = 0
 
[C15: from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere, from satis enough + facere to make, do]
 
'satisfiable
 
adj
 
'satisfier
 
n
 
'satisfying
 
adj
 
'satisfyingly
 
adv

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