satisfy

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verb

1. To be satisfactory to: please, suit. See pain/pleasure.
2. To grant or have what is demanded by (a need or desire): appease, content, fulfill, gratify, indulge. See give/take/reciprocity.
3. To cause (another) to believe or feel sure about something: assure, convince, persuade, win over. See persuasion/dissuasion.
4. To set right by giving what is due: clear, discharge, liquidate, pay (off or up), settle, square. See pay/owe.
5. To supply fully or completely: answer, fill, fulfill, meet¹. See do/not do.

v

Definition: answer, persuade
Antonyms: dissuade, fail, frustrate

v

Definition: pay, compensate
Antonyms: dissatisfy, fail

v

Definition: please, content
Antonyms: anger, disappoint, discontent, dissatisfy, frustrate, upset

IN BRIEF: Meet the needs or desires of someone.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American philosopher and naturalist.

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sign description: The sides of both open/flat hands come to rest on the chest and stomach.

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See words rhyming with "satisfy."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tilfredsstille, fyldestgøre, overbevise, opfylde, godtgøre, sone
v. intr. - mætte

Nederlands (Dutch)
voldoen, een verplichting nakomen, tevredenstellen, genoegdoening schenken, bevredigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - satisfaire, assouvir, convaincre, satisfaire à
v. intr. - être satisfaisant, donner satisfaction

Deutsch (German)
v. - überzeugen, zufriedenstellen, befriedigen, sättigen, stillen, erfüllen, begleichen, entsprechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ικανοποιώ, πληρώ, εκπληρώνω (υποχρέωση κ.λπ.), συμμορφώνομαι προς, πείθω

Italiano (Italian)
bastare, dar soddisfazione a, soddisfare, dar soddisfazione

Português (Portuguese)
v. - satisfazer

Русский (Russian)
удовлетворять, давать удовлетворение, утолять (голод), доставлять удовольствие, радовать, соответствовать, доказывать, выполнять обязательство, погашать (долг), искупать (грех)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - satisfacer, cumplir, cumplir con, contentar, librar de duda, asegurar, convencer, compensar, pagar
v. intr. - cumplir con, contentar, dar gusto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tillfredsställa, tillgodose, göra till lags, gottgöra, uppfylla, mätta, stilla, övertyga, vara tillfredsställande, satisfiera (mat)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使满意, 符合, 满足, 令人满意, 替人赎罪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使滿意, 符合, 滿足
v. intr. - 令人滿意, 替人贖罪

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 만족시키다, (의심 따위를) 풀다, (의무를) 이행하다
v. intr. - 만족을 주다, (그리스도가) 인간의 죄의 갚음을 하다, 잘못을 보상하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 満足させる, 充足する, 晴らす, 確信させる, 果たす, 返済する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبدد ألشك, يرضي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סיפק, מילא, ענה על, פיצה, שכנע, השביע‬
v. intr. - ‮השביע רצון‬

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