satisfy

Definitions


[ˈsatɪsfʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- meet the expectations, needs, or desires of (someone)
(e.g: I have never been satisfied with my job)

- provide (someone) with adequate or convincing information or proof about something
(e.g: people need to be satisfied that the environmental assessments are accurate)

- (of a quantity) make (an equation) true


Phrases:
- satisfy the examiners

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French satisfier, formed irregularly from Latin satisfacere ‘to content’, from satis ‘enough’ + facere ‘make’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries