Definition of: satisfy

(sat′is·fī) v. ·fied, ·fy·ing v.t.
1. To supply fully with what is desired, expected, or needed; cause to have enough; gratify; content.
2. To free from doubt or anxiety; assure; convince.
3. To give what is due to.
4. To pay or discharge (a debt, obligation, etc.).
5. To answer sufficiently or convincingly, as a question or objection.
6. To fulfil the conditions or requirements of, as an equation.
7. To make reparation for; expiate.
—v.i.
8. To give satisfaction. [<OF satisfier <L satisfacere <satis enough + facere do]
—sat′·is·fi′er noun
—sat′is·fy′ing adjective
—sat′is·fy′ing·ly adverb Synonyms: cloy, content, fill, glut, sate, satiate, suffice, surfeit. To satisfy is to furnish enough to meet physical, mental, or spiritual desire. To sate or satiate is to gratify desire so fully as to extinguish it for a time. To cloy or surfeit is to gratify to the point of revulsion or disgust. Glut is a strong word applied to the utmost satisfaction of vehement appetites and passions; as, to glut a vengeful spirit with slaughter; we speak of glutting the market with a supply so excessive as to extinguish the demand. Much less than is needed to satisfy may suffice a frugal or abstemious person; less than a sufficiency may content one of a patient and submissive spirit. See INDULGE, PAY¹, REQUITE. Antonyms: check, deny, disappoint, refuse, restrain, restrict, starve, stint, tantalize.