Definitions for satisfy

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satisfy sat·is·fy

Spelling: [sat-is-fahy]

IPA: /ˈsæt ɪsˌfaɪ/

Satisfy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in satisfy (afissty).

Definitions for satisfy

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 satisfy

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

Manifestations of extravagant thirst, which water could not satisfy.

Certainly these rural interiors would not satisfy everybody.

Smith, the current police chief, called Lee a “scapegoat” who was “thrown to the wolves” to satisfy political critics.

DS: I know as much as I need to know to satisfy my curiosity.

Neither will it satisfy me to have her exist merely in idea.

“Our criminal justice system requires that she be beaten enough to satisfy the system,” Gruelle says in Private Violence.

This assurance satisfied the others, but it did not satisfy Harriet.

For those with a predilection for immaculately fine and delicate paintings by Botticelli, his Madonna of the Book will satisfy.

“An interested customer would apply and would have to satisfy the basic criteria,” said Rumido.

We got enough at Figtree Gully to satisfy them, although there is not a great supply.