satisfy. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

satisfy

SYLLABICATION:	sat·is·fy
PRONUNCIATION:	sts-f
VERB:	Inflected forms: sat·is·fied, sat·is·fy·ing, sat·is·fies
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To gratify the need, desire, or expectation of. 2. To fulfill (a need or desire). 3a. To free from doubt or question; assure. b. To get rid of (a doubt or question); dispel. 4a. To discharge (a debt or obligation, for example) in full. b. To discharge an obligation to (a creditor). 5. To conform to the requirements of (a standard or rule); be sufficient to (an end). 6. To make reparation for; redress. 7. Mathematics To make the left and right sides of an equation equal after substituting equivalent quantities for the unknown variables in the equation.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To be sufficient or adequate. 2. To give satisfaction.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English satisfien, from Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere : satis, sufficient; see s- in Appendix I + facere, to make; see dh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	satis·fier —NOUN satis·fying·ly —ADVERB
SYNONYMS:	satisfy, answer, fill, fulfill, meet¹ These verbs mean to supply fully or completely: satisfied all requirements; answered our needs; fills a purpose; fulfilled their aspirations; met her obligations.


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