Definition of "satisfy" in Englisch

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To be enough (for)

   • That brief explanation will never satisfy.

2. (finance, transitive) To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.

   • to satisfy a creditor

3. (law, transitive) To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.

   • to satisfy a claim or an execution

4. (mathematics, logic, transitive) To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.

   • The complex numbers satisfy #92;existsx#58;x²#43;1#61;0.

5. (dated, literary, transitive) To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.