satisfy
/ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ verb A2- To be enough (for) · That brief explanation will never satisfy.
- To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone). · The final rehearsal of the day seemed to satisfy the director.
- To provide what is wanted or required for (something). · Even three giant helpings of turkey and ham didn't satisfy her appetite.
- To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due. · to satisfy a creditor
- To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for. · to satisfy a claim or an execution
- To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe. · The complex numbers satisfy #92;existsx#58;x²#43;1#61;0.
- To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
He/she/it satisfies · Past satisfied · Past participle satisfied · -ing form satisfying
Verb forms
- Base form
- satisfy
- He/she/it
- satisfies
- Past
- satisfied
- Past participle
- satisfied
- -ing form
- satisfying
From the library
Morrel; and I think you will be satisfied on that head.
Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he never again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth, by introducing the subject of it; and she was pleased to find that she had said enough to keep him quiet.
The Nightingale, about to lose his life, earnestly begged the Hawk to let him go, saying that he was not big enough to satisfy the hunger of a Hawk who, if he wanted food, ought to pursue the larger birds.
Have you been satisfied with him this voyage?”
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