satisfy

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From Latin satisfacere, present active infinitive of satisfaciō, from satis (enough, sufficient) + faciō (make, do)

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satisfy (third-person singular simple present satisfies, present participle satisfying, simple past and past participle satisfied) (transitive)

  1. To do enough; to meet (needs); to fulfill (wishes, requirements).
  2. To cause (a sentence) to be true when (the sentence) is interpreted in one's universe.
    The complex numbers satisfy \exists x:x^2+1=0.
  3. (dated, literary) To convince, to ascertain.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 19
      I was resolved to satisfy myself whether this ragged Elijah was really dogging us or not, and with that intent crossed the way with Queequeg, and on that side of it retraced our steps.

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