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Satisfying   /sˈætɪsfˌaɪɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Satisfy  v. t.  (past & past part. satisfied; pres. part. satisfying)  
1.
In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for. "Death shall... with us two Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw."
2.
To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
3.
To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
4.
To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry. "The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying."
Synonyms: To satiate; sate; content; grafity; compensate. See Satiate.



Satisfy  v. i.  
1.
To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
2.
To make payment or atonement; to atone.






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"Satisfying" Quotes from Famous Books



... did the obvious, the human thing. She clasped him tightly round the neck, and, forgetting everything in the consuming wonder of the fact that this man loved her with a profound and holy love, she weakly gave herself up to his caresses, satisfying her heart-hunger for a few blessed, wonderful moments before hardening herself to the terrible task of impressing upon him the hopelessness of it all and sending him upon his way. By degrees, she cried herself dry-eyed and leaned against him, striving ...
— Kindred of the Dust • Peter B. Kyne

... the Middle Ages to the lake through which the Orontes flows, and placed the town on its shores or on a small island on the lake. Thomson pointed out Tell Neby-Mendeh, the ancient Laodicea of the Lebanon, as satisfying the requirements of the site. Conder developed this idea, and showed that all the conditions prescribed by the Egyptian texts in regard to Qodshu find here, and here alone, their application. The description given in the text is ...
— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12) • G. Maspero

... to the soft lap of the tide. And then at last virtue is rewarded. First of all two wild duck come over, cleaving the air like arrows. The mallard is missed, but the left barrel reaches the duck, and down it comes with a full and satisfying thud. Hardly have the cartridges been replaced when the wild cry of the curlew is once more heard—quite close this time. There they are, looming large against the fog. Bang! down goes the first and lies flapping among the rocks. Like a flash the second ...
— Beatrice • H. Rider Haggard

... day I had ever wanted anything very much except Florence. I have, of course, had appetites, impatiences... Why, sometimes at a table d'hote, when there would be, say, caviare handed round, I have been absolutely full of impatience for fear that when the dish came to me there should not be a satisfying portion left over by the other guests. I have been exceedingly impatient at missing trains. The Belgian State Railway has a trick of letting the French trains miss their connections at Brussels. That has always infuriated me. I have ...
— The Good Soldier • Ford Madox Ford

... her again and found her studying him curiously. "You're not the man I saw," she said, as if sue were satisfying herself on that point. "I've wondered since—but I was sure, too, that I had seen it. Why mustn't I tell ...
— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower


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