v.
(satisfies, satisfying, satisfied)
- meet the expectations, needs, or desires of.
▸fulfil (a desire or need).
- provide with adequate information about or proof of something.
- comply with (a condition, obligation, or demand).
▸pay off (a debt or creditor).
- Mathematics (of a quantity) make (an equation) true.
Derivative
- satisfiability n.
- satisfiable adj.
- satisfied adj.
- satisfying adj.
- satisfyingly adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. satisfier, formed irregularly from L. satisfacere ‘to content’, from satis ‘enough’ + facere ‘make’.