S vs Satisfy - What's the difference?
s | satisfy |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of.
* Milton
To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
(dated, literary, transitive) To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
* Atterbury
* 1851 ,
To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a verb satisfy is
to do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of.s
Translingual
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Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}satisfy
English
Verb
(en-verb)- I'm not satisfied with the quality of the food here.
- Death shall with us two / Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw.
- The complex numbers satisfy .
- The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying .
- I was resolved to satisfy myself whether this ragged Elijah was really dogging us or not, and with that intent crossed the way with Queequeg, and on that side of it retraced our steps.
- to satisfy a creditor
- to satisfy a claim or an execution