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Satisfy

Definition: Satisfy

Satisfy

Verb

1. Fulfil the requirements or expectations of.

2. Make happy or satisfied.

3. Fill or meet a want or need.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "satisfy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Satisfy \Sat"is*fy\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Satisfied; Satisfying.]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Satisfy

Synonyms: fill (v), fulfil (v), fulfill (v), gratify (v), live up to (v), meet (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: dissatisfy (v), fall short of (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Satisfy

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Answer

Explain; (interpret); solve; (unriddle); discover; a; fathom, hunt out; (inquire); satisfy, set at rest, determine.

Belief

Know, know for certain; have know, make no doubt; doubt not; be, rest assured; Adjective: persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself; make up one's mind.

Cause to be believed; Verb: satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure; convince, convict, convert; wean, bring round; bring over, win over; indoctrinate; (teach); cram down the throat; produce conviction, carry conviction; bring home to, drive home to.

Consent

Satisfy, meet one's wishes, settle, come to terms; not refuse; turn a willing ear; (willingness); jump at; deign, vouchsafe; promise.

Content

Render content; Adjective: set at ease, comfort; set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest; speak peace; conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile; content, satisfy; gratify.

Duty

Enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do duty; do one's duty; (be virtuous).

Observance

Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office.

Pain

Bless, beatify; satisfy; gratify, desire slake, satiate, quench; indulge, humor, flatter, tickle; tickle the palate; (savory); regale, refresh; enliven; treat; amuse; take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy; meet one's wishes; win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart,bless, beatify; satisfy; gratify, desire slake, satiate, quench; indulge, humor, flatter, tickle; tickle the palate; (savory); regale, refresh; enliven; treat; amuse; take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy; meet one's wishes; win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart; do one's heart good.

Payment

Discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts.

Reward

Verb: reward, recompense, repay, requite; remunerate, munerate; compensate; fee; pay one's footing; (pay); make amends, indemnify, atone; satisfy, acknowledge.

Satiety

Verb: sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate; cloy, quench, slake, pall, glut., gorge, surfeit; bore; (weary); tire; (fatigue); spoil.

Sufficiency

Verb: be sufficient; Adjective:; suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster; have enough; Noun: eat. one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill; roll in, swim in; wallow in; (superabundance) ; wanton.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Satisfy

English words defined with "satisfy": Acnode, Adeem, allay, Appay, appetence, appetency, appetite, assuageBail to the actionCalculus of functions, Complex of lines, consumption, content, cope withDiophantine analysis, dissatisfyeconomic consumption, Elegitfall short of, fieri facias, fill, forced saleinsatiable, insatiatejudicial salelocusmatch, meetOn earthQuat, quenchsatiable, satisfiable, school assignment, Sequestrator, sheriff's sale, slake, spaceteasing, topological spaceunsatiable, unsatisfiable, usance, use, use of goods and services. (references)
Specialty definitions using "satisfy": adaptive control system, appraiser, irrigation tax, ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR, IRRIGATION TAX, axiomatic semanticsbebyggelse ud over skelC Programmer's Disease, candy kid, circulating load, cooccurrence matrix, copper bottoms, Crusadesdecree of foreclosure and sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure, domain architectureECONOMIZER AIR, ECONOMIZER WATER, Epicurefeaturectomy, forward deliveryHOG-CONFINEMENT-SYSTEM MANAGER, homestead estateincompatible projects, INFERIAE, Intel 80186, internationally agreed guard bandlimited frequency unannounced accessMANAGER, ARMORED TRANSPORT SERVICE, MANAGER, LAND SURVEYING, MCS, memory management, Mineral WaterNo Net Cost Tobacco Act of 1982On BoardPUMPER-GAUGERQUALITY-CONTROL TECHNICIAN, Questions and Commandsroof drillsafeguards, seizure of immovable property, sheriff's deedtax sale, training co-ordinatorUnited States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, unsatisfiable constraint. (references)
Etymologies containing "satisfy": satisfaction. (references)

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Modern Usage: Satisfy

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The only performance that will satisfy you is when I play dead (North by Northwest; writing credit: Ernest Lehman)

It's movement which uses the the pretext of the free movement of goods and men to accelerate the orders of the empire, which stangles us to satisfy its ambition (Vercingétorix; writing credit: Jacques Dorfmann; Rospo Pallenberg)

Even with the hectic events of the day, Raymond Marble still finds time to satisfy his perverted urges (Pink Flamingos; writing credit: John Waters)

Then provoke him, if that's going to satisfy your scruples (Funeral in Berlin; writing credit: Len Deighton; Evan Jones)

I try to satisfy. (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon)

Lyrics

Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Find someone to satisfy you (You May Be Right; performing artist: Billy Joel)

And say the words you think will satisfy me (Dreamtime; performing artist: Daryl Hall)

To satisfy the hoax (THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING; performing artist: King Crimson)

I just want to satisfy ya (Sweet Thing; performing artist: Mary J. Blige)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Satisfy

DomainTitle

Books

  • Satisfy My Soul (reference)

  • The Consultant's Guide to Proposal Writing: How to Satisfy Your Clients and Double Your Income (reference)

  • The Forever Feast: Letting God Satisfy Your Deepest Hunger (reference)

  • The Munchies Eatbook: Or, How to Satisfy the Hungries Without Eating Everything in Sight (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Satisfy".

PlayCaption
Purr; meow; content; rumble; appease; bewitch; captivate; charm; delight; enrapture; gladden; gratify; humor; indulge; make happy; mollify; placate; reconcile; satisfy; suffice; thrill; tickle; please; feline.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Satisfy

AuthorQuotation

Margaret Oliphant

For everybody knows that it requires very little to satisfy the gentlemen, if a woman will only give her mind to it.

Mencius

To pretend to satisfy one's desires by possessions is like putting out a fire with straw.

Oliver Goldsmith

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Brahms has very little melodic invention . . . he excites and irritates our musical senses without wishing to satisfy them.

Thomas Fuller

Riches enlarge rather than satisfy appetites.

Tryon Edwards

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Satisfy

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

Neither we nor our bailiffs will seize any land or rent for any debt, as long as the chattels of the debtor are sufficient to repay the debt; nor shall the sureties of the debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor is able to satisfy the debt; and if the principal debtor shall fail to pay the debt, having nothing wherewith to pay it, then the sureties shall answer for the debt; and let them have the lands and rents of the debtor, if they desire them, until they are indemnified for the debt which they have paid for him, unless the principal debtor can show proof that he is discharged thereof as against the said sureties. (reference)

John Locke

1690

But I thought Hooker alone might be enough to satisfy those men, who relying on him for their ecclesiastical polity, are by a strange fate carried to deny those principles upon which he builds it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Central Commission shall decide on the steps to be taken to ensure that other vessels satisfy the conditions of the general regulations applying to navigation on the Rhine. (reference)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1923)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Satisfy

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

A very little quiet reflection was enough to satisfy Emma as to the nature of her agitation on hearing this news of Frank Churchill

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

I hoped, but in vain, that this would satisfy her, and that she would ask no more questions

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

That would satisfy a doctor, that’s what they always did on television -- if no mist formed on the mirror, there was no breath

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He had acted with impetuosity, according to his wont, having, a despot become a slave, but one thought, to satisfy Marius

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

To satisfy my curious reader, it may be sufficient to describe Lorbrulgrud

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

In this course which our ancestors took there was a show of prudence at least, as if their principle were to satisfy the more pressing wants first

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Satisfy

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

A simple answer, such as "I was born this way" or "God made me this way" is often enough to satisfy curiosity. (references)

These changes can be readily made while maintaining intake of protein, vitamins, and minerals to satisfy the Recommended Dietary Allowances of the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council. (references)

Business

Domestic output of PP can only satisfy half of local demand. (references)

Imports satisfy a significant portion of Canada’s demand for flooring products. (references)

On average, the outputs of various engineering plastics satisfy 36% of the market demand. (references)

Children

Burundi

The law provides for children's health and welfare, but the Government cannot adequately satisfy the needs of children and, in particular, of the large population of children orphaned by the violence since 1993 and by HIV/AIDS. (references)

Civil Liberties

Paraguay

At year's end, Congress was considering new provisions that would to satisfy the constitutional issues raised by the Supreme Court. (references)

Nigeria

Decree 60 required that publications be registered by the Council annually through a system entitled "Documentation of Newspapers." In applying for registration, publishers were expected to submit their mission statements and objectives and could be denied registration if their objectives failed to satisfy the Council. (references)

Economic History

Japan

They satisfy tax, customs and other legal requirements. (references)

Haiti

Haiti does not produce enough milling products to satisfy local demand. (references)

Ghana

A foreign investor is required to satisfy a minimum capital requirement. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

In practice, arresting officers frequently fail to satisfy legal requisites. (references)

Gambia

During the year, many local police stations and the NIA changed their procedures and practices to satisfy the constitutional requirement that any detainee be released or charged within 72 hours. (references)

Minorities

Croatia

Non-Croats must satisfy more stringent requirements through naturalization to obtain citizenship. (references)

Political Economy

ITALY

The regulations appear to generally satisfy U.S. industry, with some exceptions. (references)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Regulatory Policies: All imports of food and drugs must satisfy prescribed standards. (references)

HONDURAS

Although there is a clear preference on the part of the government for new foreign investment in export industries, there are no officially mandated requirements that foreign investors must satisfy as a condition for investing in Honduras. (references)

Political Rights

Singapore

For example, opposition members are much less likely to be able to satisfy the requirement that they have experience in managing the financial affairs of a large institution, since many of the country's large institutions are government-run or linked to the Government. (references)

Trade

Philippines

It is the importer's responsibility to satisfy BFAD requirements. (references)

Mauritius

Under the agreement, ACP products that satisfy rules of origin criteria enter the EU duty- and quota-free. (references)

Travel

Canada

Business travelers and dependents must also satisfy any other admission requirements of the Canadian Immigration Act. (references)

Taiwan

Meanwhile, many networking companies provide various Internet services to satisfy the demand from domestic businesspeople and firms. (references)

Oman

U.S. firms wishing to export to Oman must be prepared to satisfy Omani concerns regarding price, shipping schedules, availability of spare parts, and obvious American participation in the relationship. (references)

Worker Rights

Hong Kong

In cases where the claimed relationship as husband and wife does not satisfy the immigration officer, applications are rejected. (references)

Japan

An ILO committee has called on the Government to take additional measures to satisfy individual Chinese and Korean victims of forced labor during the war. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

INFERIAE,n. [Latin] Among the Greeks and Romans, sacrifices for propitation of the Dii Manes, or souls of the dead heroes; for the pious ancients could not invent enough gods to satisfy their spiritual needs, and had to have a number of makeshift deities, or, as a sailor might say, jury-gods, which they made out of the most unpromising materials. It was while sacrificing a bullock to the spirit of Agamemnon that Laiaides, a priest of Aulis, was favored with an audience of that illustrious warrior's shade, who prophetically recounted to him the birth of Christ and the triumph of Christianity, giving him also a rapid but tolerably complete review of events down to the reign of Saint Louis. The narrative ended abruptly at the point, owing to the inconsiderate crowing of a cock, which compelled the ghosted King of Men to scamper back to Hades. There is a fine mediaeval flavor to this story, and as it has not been traced back further than Pere Brateille, a pious but obscure writer at the court of Saint Louis, we shall probably not err on the side of presumption in considering it apocryphal, though Monsignor Capel's judgment of the matter might be different; and to that I bow -- wow.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Satisfy

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797To satisfy the complaints of the latter, prosecutions have been instituted for the violences committed upon them.

James Madison

1809-1817I think it will be proper, with respect to the judiciary powers, to satisfy the public mind on those points which I have mentioned.

James Monroe

1817-1825Our experience ought to satisfy us that our progress under the most correct and provident policy will not be exempt from danger.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Across all continents, nearly a billion people seek, sometimes almost in desperation, for the skills and knowledge and assistance by which they may satisfy from their own resources, the material wants common to all mankind.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Satisfy

"Satisfy" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 90.33% of the time. "Satisfy" is used about 1,963 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)90.33%1,7734,761
Lexical Verb (base form)9.67%19022,288
                    Total100.00%1,963N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Satisfy

Expressions using "satisfy": satisfy a need satisfy demand satisfy everybody satisfy one's test satisfy oneself satisfy the demand for smth.. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "satisfy": satisfy-schmatisfy.

Ending with "satisfy": deemed-to-satisfy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Satisfy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

to satisfy you

85

can satisfy who

4

satisfy a woman

41

girl satisfy

4

lyrics satisfy

34

by crm customer in satisfy tesco

4

satisfy a man

28

diddy p satisfy

3

sexually satisfy a woman

16

satisfy her

3

daddy lyrics puff satisfy

11

can like satisfy soul who

3

satisfy a man sexually

11

satisfy customer

3

puff daddy satisfy you

7

satisfy soul

3

satisfy a woman in bed

6

satisfy your lover

2

satisfy my wife

6

life satisfy sex

2

beg every have her more satisfy time...and woman

5

satisfy sexually technique woman

2

bed in man satisfy

5

satisfy sexually wife

2

husband satisfy

5

kelly lyrics r satisfy

2

diddy lyrics p satisfy

4

by daddy lyrics puff satisfy

2

can satisfy soul who

4

kelly r satisfy

2

satisfy spouce

4

lyrics remix satisfy

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Satisfy

Language Translations for "satisfy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

siguroj (acquire, assure, avouch, bear, certify, come by, cover, ensure, find, fit out, furnish, guy, haven, house, indemnify, insure, keep, lock up, obtain, procure, provide, purvey, reassure, secure, supply, take care of, underwrite, vouch, warrant, win), shlyej (clear, discharge, expiate, forgive, liquidate, make good, make up, purge, redeem, settle, Square, work off), plotësoj (amplify, appease, complement, complete, consummate, draw, fill, fill in, fill up, flesh, fulfil, fulfill, grant, gratify, indulge, make good, make out, make up, meet, perfect, perform, process, realize, refill, replenish, supplement, supply), kënaq (appease, content, enchant, feast, gratify, humor, humour, indulge, please, regale, suffice), jap kënaqësi. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وفى بمطالب أو شروط, ‏وفى ب (fulfil, fulfill, redeem), ‏سر (breeze, brighten, delight, divert, gladden, gratify, mystery, please, pleasure, reserve, secret, steer), ‏عوض (atone, indemnity, make, make amends, make up, make up for, offset, recompense, recoup, recuperate, redeem, reimburse, remunerate, requital, restore, retrieve, setoff, substitute), ‏رضى (accept, be content with, cater for, feed, get on with smth., gratify, please, pleasure, sate, tickle, unhand). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

утолявам (quench, satiate, slake, still), уверявам (affirm, assure, profess, reassure, warrant), убеждавам (admonish, argue, assure, coax, convince, exhort, induce, lead, persuade, press, prevail, talk over, urge, win), удовлетворявам (gratify, indulge, please, suffice, supply), спазвам (adhere, comply, hold, keep, mind, observe, preserve, respect), разсейвам (dispel, disperse, dissipate, distract, illumine, lay, put off, quell, resolve, scatter), харесвам на (suit), обезщетявам (compensate, indemnify, make up, offset, pay, recompense, recoup), задоволявам (answer, cater for, content, cover, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, indulge, please, salve, serve, slake, suffice, suit), посрещам (affront, face, greet, meet, see in), погасявам дълг, изпълнявам (accomplish, accord, act up to, carry into effect, carry out, complete, effectuate, execute, exercise, fill, fulfil, fulfill, handle, implement, make up, perform, play, practise, pursue, put into effect, put through, redeem, verify). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

满意 (satisfaction, satisfied, satisfying), (fill, fulfill, full, substitute, sufficient, to act in place of). (various references)

   

Czech

  

splnit (accomplish, carry out, discharge, fulfil, fulfill, implement, keep, perform, redeem), uspokojit (appease, gratify, please, tickle), ukojit (assuage, quench, sate, satiate, slake), uhasit (assuage, douse, extinguish, put down, quench, sate, satiate, slake), přesvìdèit (convince, persuade). (various references)

   

Danish

  

skatkammerbeviser inklusive de skatkammerbeviser,som tegnes af de finansielle institutioner i forbindelse med de obligatoriske reserver (treasury bills including those which are taken up by credit institutions to satisfy their compulsory reserve requirements), opfyldelse af forbrugernes behov,for saa vidt angaar importerede varer (to satisfy the needs of users in respect of imported products), opfylde betingelserne for ret til naturalydelser (to satisfy the conditions for acquisition of the right to benefits in kind), at stemme overens med konstruktionsparametrene (to satisfy design parameters), at opfylde krav (to satisfy reqirements), at opfylde et antal regler (to satisfy a number of rules), at opfylde et antal forskrifter (to satisfy a number of rules), at opfylde behov (to satisfy reqirements). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tegemoetkomen aan (meet with), paaien (meet with), bevredigen (meet with). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

kontentigi (meet with). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

قانع کردن (Content, Convince), خرسندکردن (Content, Gladden), خشنودکردن , راضی کردن (Bate, Content, Sate). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tyydyttää (gratify), ravita (feed, foster, nourish, support). (various references)

   

French

  

contenter, satisfaire. (various references)

   

German

  

zufriedenstellen (be satisfactory, content, gratify, meet with, please, suffice, to content, to satisfy), befriedigen (assuage, be satisfactory, gratify, meet, meet with, please, sate, to assuage, to satisfy), genügen (be enough, be sufficient, fulfill, suffice). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ικανοποιώ (content, fulfill, gratify, indulge, sate, suffice). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

למלא (complete, fill, fill up, fulfill, pervade, stuff), ל"שביע רצון (gratify, meet wishes, satiate, suffice, suit), ל"שבע (gratify, satiate), ל"רצות (count, discourse, enumerate, lecture, please), ל" יח את ""עת (calm, please, quiet down, quieten), לבוא על ספוקו, לספק (furnish, give, please, provide, purvey, supply). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

teljesít (accomplish, achieve, comply, consummate, fulfil, fulfill, implement, keep, observe, perform, to accomplish, to carry out, to comply with, to deliver the goods, to follow the sea, to fulfil, to get through, to implement, to make good, to perform, to vouchsafe, vouchsafe), kielégít (appease, gratify, sate, satiate, slake, suffice, to appease, to assuage, to content, to flesh, to glut, to indulge, to sate, to satiate, to suffice, to supply). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

puas (complagent, pleased), memuaskan (satisfactory). (various references)

   

Italian

  

accontentare (content, please). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

満たす (to fill, to fulfill, to ingratiate, to satisfy). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おうずる (to accept, to answer, to meet, to respond, to satisfy), おうじる (to accept, to apply for, to comply with, to respond, to satisfy), そう (all, aspect, bed, cellar, class, conception, countenance, depository, destroy, elevator, ever, ex-, feel pain, former, formerly, general, go around, godown, granary, gross, idea, layer, magazine, monk, never, once before, originate, phase, priest, seam, start, stream, suffer, thought, to accompany, to be added to, to be adjusted to, to become married, to comply with, to follow, to marry, to meet, to run along, to satisfy, to suit, treasury, warehouse, whole), よがる (to be proud, to feel satisfied, to satisfy oneself), じょうけ"がそろう (to satisfy the requirements), みたす (to fill, to fulfill, to ingratiate, to satisfy), はら'みたす (to satisfy one's appetite). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

만족시키십시". (various references)

   

Manx

  

saiaghey (saturate), saasaghey (contrive, remedy), jannoo magh (content, deduce, define, determine, divine, make out, purvey, purveyance, seek out, supply, think out, work out, work out as position), cooilleeney (achieve, achievement, acquit, acquittal, avenge, compensate, compensation, consummate, consummation, execute, fulfil, fulfilment, punishment, satisfaction, vengeance). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atisfysay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

satisfazer (appease, assuage, content, fill, gladden, gratify, indulge, measure up to, pay, please, pleasing, pleasure, settle, slake, stay, suffice, suit, wreak). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

satisface (allay, answer, appease, cater for, content, fill, grant, gratify, humor, humour, meet, pander to, please, serve, suit), rãspunde la (acknowledge, answer, overbear, reciprocate, return), plãti o datorie (discharge, redeem a debt), mulţumi (acknowledge, cater for, content, fill, gratify, meet, please, recompense, reward, suit, thank), ispãşi (atone for, expiate), fi satisfãcut, da satisfacţie, convinge (blarney, bring, bring over, coax, convince, cozen into, determine, draw, get, induce, persuade, reason, settle), compensa (atone for, cancel, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, indemnify, make up for, offset, recoup, redeem), astâmpãra (appease, calm down, quiet), achita (acquit, clear, defray, discharge, exonerate from, liquidate, pay, pay down, pay off, quit, receipt, remit, Square, trace), îndulci (alleviate, break, delight, dulcify, mellow, modify, palliate, smooth, soften, sugar, sweeten, tame), îndestula (fill, victual), îndeplini (accomplish, achieve, acquit, do, execute, fill, finish, fulfil, go through, make good, obey, perform, put through, realize), împlini (accomplish, achieve, be, complete, consummate, fill, fulfil, grant, justify, serve). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

удовлетворять (content, gratify, meet, redress, respond, satisfies). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

s saich (satiate), toilich (be willing), taitinn (give delight, please, pleasing), dìol (avenge, pay, render). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zadovoljiti (fulfill, gratify, indulge, please, suit, supply), utoliti (pacify, quench, slake, stay), ugoditi (accommodate, please), udovoljiti (meet), namiriti (feed, settle, supply). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

complacer (accommodate, humor, humour, indulge, lead on, meet with, oblige, pander to, please), satisfacer (answer, assuage, come up to, content, gratify, indulge, meet, please, provide, settle, suffice). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tillfredsställa (content, feed, fill, gratify, indulge, indulge in, meet, pleasure, pleasure around, sate, satiate), mätta (be full, engorge, glut, have enough, impregnate, sate, satiate, saturate). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yerine getirmek (accomplish, acquit oneself, answer, carry through, complete, discharge, execute, fulfil, fulfill, implement, make good, meet, observe, perform, put in force, redeem, serve, settle, stick to), tatmin etmek (content, gratify, satiate), memnun etmek (charm, comfort, content, gladden, gratify, humor, humour, indulge, make happy, oblige, please, rejoice, suit), karşılamak (answer, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, fulfil, fulfill, greet, make amends, meet, provide, provision, receive, recompense, recoup, redress, supply, take, welcome), inandırmak (assure, assure smb. that, convince, make believe, persuade, sell smb. on, talk smb. into smth., wash), ikna etmek (argue, argue smb. into smth., assure, bring, bring over, bring round, cajole, coax, convince, convince smb. of smth., dispose, draw, entice, fast-talk, have a way with, induce, influence, interest, jolly, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, sell smb. on, wheedle, win, win smb. round), hoşnut etmek (content, delight, gratify, please), gidermek (allay, appease, avert, clear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, efface, eliminate, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, iron out, obviate, quench, remove, repair, resolve, slake, smooth away, smooth out, supply), doyurmak (feed, fill, sate, satiate, saturate, steep), cevap vermek (answer, reply, respond, talk back), ödemek (acquit, ante, ante up, atone for, clear, come across with, defray, disburse, discharge, domicil, domicile, domiciliate, fee, foot, fork out, fork over, fork up, give, indemnify, pay, pay for, pay in, pay out, pick up the tab, plonk down, quit, recoup, redeem, repay, retire, settle, shell out, spring, stump, stump up, to pay, wipe out). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

kanagatlandyrmak (make someone content), gandyrmak (fill). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

радіти (gladden, joy), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), задовольняти (answer, content, gratify, slake, suit), підходити (approach, become, befall, befit, beseem, come up to, draw on, like, near, nigh, pertain), переконувати (admonish, argue, assure, bring, certify, convince, expostulate, reason, talk over, urge). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

diwallu (supply), digoni (cook, suffice), bodloni (be content, content), boddio (please), boddhau (please). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Satisfy

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

conpleam, conpleamus, conpleas, conpleat, conpleatur, conplebant, conplebantur, conplebis, conplebit, conplebitur, conplebo, conplebunt, conplebuntur, conplens, conplent, conplentes, conplerentur, conpleret, conpleretur, conplessent, conplesset, conplesti, conpleta, conpletae, conpletam, conplete, conpleti, conpletis, conpletum, conpleturus, conpletus, conpleverat, conpleverint, conpleveris, conpleverit, conplevero, conpleverunt, conplevit, conplevitque, expleant, explendos, explendum, explentibus, explere, expleret, expleta, explete, expleti, expletis, expletisque, expleto, expletum, expletus, expleverit, explevit, imple, impleam, impleamini, impleamur, impleamus, impleant, impleantque, impleantur, implearis, impleas, impleat, impleatis, impleatque, impleatur, implebant, implebat, implebimus, implebis, implebit, implebitis, implebitur, implebo, implebor, implebunt, implebuntur, implens, implent, implentes, impleo, implere, implerem, implerent, implerentur, impleret, impleretur, impleri, imples, implesset, implesti, implestis, implet, impleta, impletae, implete, impleti, impletique, impletis, impletisque, impletum, impletur, impletus, impleverant, impleverat, impleverint, impleveris, impleverit, implevero, impleverunt, implevi, implevimus, implevit, implevitque, insaturabilia, pacare, placeam, placeat, placebat, placebit, placebo, placebunt, placendum, placens, placent, placentem, placentes, placentia, placeo, placere, placerem, placeret, places, placet, placetur, placita, placitam, placito, placitos, placitum, placorem, placuerant, placuerat, placuerint, placueris, placuerit, placuerunt, placui, placuisse, placuisset, placuisti, placuit, placuitque, repleo, satiabitur, satiabor, satiabuntur, satiantur, satiarentur, satiari, satiat, satiata, satiatae, satiati, satiatur, satiatus, satiavit, satisfac, satisfacere, satisfacerent, saturaberis, saturabimini, saturabitur, saturabo, saturabunt, saturabuntur, saturamini, saturare, saturaremur, saturari, saturata, saturatae, saturati, saturatur, saturatus, saturavi, saturavit, saturemus, saturo. (various references)

Old English450-1100

fyllan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Satisfy

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 6, Verse 30
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOu qaumaston ean alw tiV kleptwn kleptei gar ina emplhsh thn yuchn peinwn
Latin405VulgateNon grandis est culpae cum quis furatus fuerit furatur enim ut esurientem impleat animam
Middle English1395WyclifNot gret is the blame, whan a man stelith; forsothe he steleth, that he fulfille the hungrende soule.
Jacobean English1611King JamesMen do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Victorian English1833WebsterMen do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Basic English1964OgdenMen do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Satisfy

LanguageProverbs Chapter 6, Verse 30
CebuanoAng mga tawo dili magatamay sa usa ka kawatan, kong siya mangawat Aron sa pagtagbaw sa iyang kaugalingon sa diha nga siya pagagutom:
CroatianNe sramote li lupeža sve ako je krao da gladan utoli glad:
DanishRingeagter man ikke Tyven, når han stjæler fot at stille sin Sult?
DutchMen doet een dief geen verachting aan, als hij steelt om zijn ziel te vullen, dewijl hij honger heeft;
FinnishEikö halveksita varasta, vaikka hän olisi nälissään varastanut hengenpiteikseen?
FrenchOn ne tient pas pour innocent le voleur qui dérobe Pour satisfaire son appétit, quand il a faim;
GermanEs ist einem Diebe nicht so große Schmach, ob er stiehlt, seine Seele zu sättigen, weil ihn hungert;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKalau orang mencuri makanan, sekalipun karena lapar, ia akan dihina.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTak akan jangan orang pencuri dihukum juga, jikalau ia telah mencuri hendak mengenyangkan perut sebab laparnya sekalipun.
ItalianNon si disapprova un ladro, se ruba per soddisfare l'appetito quando ha fame;
MaoriE kore e whakahaweatia e te tangata te tahae, ki te tahaetia e ia he mea e makona ai tona wairua i a hiakai ia.
NorwegianBlir ikke tyven foraktet, når han stjeler for å stille sin sult?
PortugueseNão é desprezado o ladrão, mesmo quando furta para saciar a fome?   
RumanianHoyul nu este urgisit cknd furq ca sq-wi potoleascq foamea, cqci ki este foame;
RussianоЕ У ХУЛБАФ ЧПТХ, ЕУМЙ ПО ЛТБ"ЕФ, ЮФП'Щ ОБУЩФЙФШ "ХЫХ УЧПА, ЛПЗ"Б ПО ЗПМП"ЕО;
SwedishFöraktar man icke tjuven som stjäl för att mätta sitt begär, när han hungrar?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Satisfy

Derivations

Words beginning with "satisfy": satisfying, satisfyingly. (additional references)

Words ending with "satisfy": dissatisfy. (additional references)

Words containing "satisfy": dissatisfying, unsatisfying. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Satisfy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sainsby, satify, satifys, satisefy, satisfie. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Satisfy"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "satisfy" (pronounced sa"tusfī')
7s a" t u s f ī'dissatisfy.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Satisfy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-i-s-s-t-y"

-2 letters: fasts, fiats, fists, satis, sayst, sifts, stays.

-3 letters: aits, fast, fats, fays, fiat, fist, fits, sati, says, sift, sits, stay, tass.

-4 letters: aft, ais, ait, ass, ays, fas, fat, fay, fit, ifs, its, sat, say, sis, sit, sty, tas, tis.

-5 letters: ai, as, at, ay, fa, if, is, it, si, ta, ti, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-i-s-s-t-y"
 

+2 letters: dayshifts.

 

+3 letters: dissatisfy, forsythias, satisfying.

 

+4 letters: faithlessly, platyfishes.

 

+5 letters: fastidiously, forestaysail, satisfactory, satisfyingly, unsatisfying.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Sounds
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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