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Definition of satisfy :
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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
5. To make payment or atonement; to atone.
6. To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
Synonyms:
requite, accomplish, cope with, answer, entertain, enliven, fulfill, liquidate, pay, assuage, complete, action, provide, fulfil, see, furnish, carry through, reward, avenge, comply with, capture, run into, match, come across, receive, make full, meet, qualify, assure, cloy, carry out, quit, humor, pay off, encounter, foregather, run across, captivate, execute, make merry, content, assemble, disburse, tickle, come up to, touch, animate, equip, convince, suffer, compensate, induce, propitiate, replete, pain, play, indulge, get by, comfort, avail, surfeit, live up to, punish, discharge, persuasion, do, return, elate, gladden, conform to, inveigle, clear up, square, converge, adjoin, take on, observe, flatter, rejoice, repay, gather, retaliate, settle, remunerate, reciprocate, win over, get together, neglect, amuse, take, forgather, recompense, befriend, pander, enthrall, fascinate, clear, perform, contact, revenge, persuade, conciliate, settle with, give, occupy, fill up, suffice
please (part of speech: verb)
suit (part of speech: verb)
dovetail, fit, benefit, become, please, suit, serve
satisfy (part of speech: verb)
appease, slake, glut, sate, gorge, gratify, stuff, satiate, quench, saturate, allay, engorge, fill
Usage examples:
- Why didn't they satisfy her now? - "Mary Rose of Mifflin", Frances R. Sterrett.
- Dear, dear friend, won't that satisfy you? - "Lady Rose's Daughter", Mrs. Humphry Ward.
- I want you to come up to the house and satisfy yourself that I have told you the truth about being home last night, and then I want you to go to town with me. - "The Boys of Bellwood School", Frank V. Webster.