Definitions for satisfies

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satisfies sat·is·fy

Spelling: [sat-is-fahy]

IPA: /ˈsæt ɪsˌfaɪ/

Satisfies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in satisfies (aefiissst).

Definitions for satisfies

verb (used with object)

1. to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to:
2. to put an end to (a desire, want, need, etc.) by sufficient or ample provision:
3. to give assurance to; convince:
4. to answer sufficiently, as an objection.
5. to solve or dispel, as a doubt.
6. to discharge fully (a debt, obligation, etc.).
7. to make reparation to or for:
8. to pay (a creditor).
9. Mathematics. to fulfill the requirements or conditions of: (of a value of an unknown) to change (an equation) into an identity when substituted for the unknown: x = 2 satisfies 3 x = 6.

verb (used without object)

1. to give satisfaction.

Origin of satisfies

1400-50; late Middle English satisfien Middle French satisfier Vulgar Latin *satisficāre (for Latin satisfacere to do enough; see satisfaction); see Examples for satisfies

He cannot be a naturalist, until he satisfies all the demands of the spirit.

However he will have to do much more before he satisfies the questions being raised in the region.

"It satisfies me that you did not actually kill the man," he said steadily.

Rushkoff seems here to be looking for the minority report, the one interpretation that satisfies his model.

When a feller has been doin' a puzzle it kind of satisfies him to find out the answer.

He likes to live from hand to mouth, and that satisfies him.

It has been hard enough to find a compromise that satisfies both the U.S. and Iran.

But perhaps the greatest evil of this practice is, it satisfies the teacher.

It satisfies deep desires, but in it desires for we know not what are aroused.

Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike.