Satisfy
['sætɪsfaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) make happy or satisfied.
(verb.) meet the requirements or expectations of.
Edited by Andrea--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(v. i.) To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
(v. i.) To make payment or atonement; to atone.
Inputed by Armand
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Please, gratify, content.[2]. Recompense, requite, indemnify.[3]. Pay, discharge, settle.[4]. Convince, persuade.[5]. Fulfil, answer.
Typist: Loretta
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Satiate, content, sate, please, fill, gratify, suffice, recompense, compensate,remunerate, indemnify, assure, convince, meet, fulfil
ANT:Stint, starve, deprive, dissatisfy, tantalize, half-satisfy, annoy, displease,defraud, deprive, injure, cheat, shake, disown, repudiate, stagger, pore,embarrass, puzzle
Checked by Bernadette
Definition
v.t. to give enough to: to supply fully: to please fully: to discharge: to free from doubt: to convince.—v.i. to give content: to supply fully: to make payment:—pa.t. and pa.p. sat′isfied.—n. Satisfac′tion state of being satisfied: gratification: comfort: that which satisfies: amends: atonement: payment quittance: conviction: repairing a wrong as by a duel.—adj. Satisfac′tive (obs.).—adv. Satisfac′torily.—n. Satisfac′toriness.—adjs. Satisfac′tory satisfying: giving contentment: making amends or payment: atoning: convincing; Satisfī′able capable of being satisfied.—n. Sat′isfīer.—adj. Sat′isfying satisfactory.—adv. Sat′isfyingly.—Satisfaction theory (of the Atonement) the ordinary theory of Catholic orthodoxy that Christ made satisfaction to Divine justice for the guilt of human sin by suffering as the human representative and that thus Divine forgiveness was made possible.
Checker: Maisie
Examples
- You shall be commander of the expedition, and I'll obey blindly, will that satisfy you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- No; that does not satisfy me! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Tell me what it is, explain the grounds on which you acted, and I shall be satisfied, in being able to satisfy you. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I will satisfy you on that point before the marriage. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When I had made it clear to them, I returned to the main chamber of the machine and took a good look at it to satisfy my own curiosity. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was so doubtful of myself now, and put so much trust in him, that I could not satisfy myself whether I ought to refer to it when he did not. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Human beings have desires that are far more important than the tools and toys and churches they make to satisfy them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Well, well, I am satisfied. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I am satisfied that Mr. and Mrs. Micawber could not have enjoyed the feast more, if they had sold a bed to provide it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Bucket, satisfied, expresses high approval and awaits her coming at the door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Meyler, being satisfied that it would make me miserable, set off for Badminton early the next morning. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At any rate, we have enough to eat and drink--' 'And be satisfied,' added Birkin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You do not appear so well satisfied with his letter as I am; but still you must, at least I hope you must, think the better of him for it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Fanny, not able to refrain entirely from observing them, had seen enough to be tolerably satisfied. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I know that such a girl as Harriet is exactly what every man delights inwhat at once bewitches his senses and satisfies his judgment. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Eager to further enjoy this new delicacy, Char-Lee proceeded to feast himself, and it was then he found that pork not only pleases and gratifies--but satisfies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You like candour, and I hope this satisfies you. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was so firm, and shapely, with such satisfying, inconceivable shapeliness, strange, yet unutterably clear. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The episode of Nettie Crane's timely rescue from disease had been one of the most satisfying incidents of her connection with Gerty's charitable work. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was not a very satisfying life intellectually. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To these things men's minds clung, and they clung to them because in all the world there appeared nothing else so satisfying to cling to. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The course of action is not intrinsically satisfying; it is a mere means for avoiding some penalty, or for gaining some reward at its conclusion. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Satisfying herself that I had come off unscathed she smiled quietly, and, taking my hand, started toward the door of the chamber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But in truth, neither the lonely meditations of the hermit, nor the tumultuous raptures of the reveller, are capable of satisfying man's heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Pierre