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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Satisfy \Sat"is*fy\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Satisfied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Satisfying}.] [OF. satisfier; L. satis enough + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. F. satisfaire, L. satisfacere. See {Sad}, adjective, and {Fact}.]
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. --Milton.
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. --Atterbury.
Syn: To satiate; sate; content; grafity; compensate. See {Satiate}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
satisfied
adjective
1: filled with satisfaction; "a satisfied customer"
2: allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn: {quenched}, {slaked}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
satisfy
verb
1: fulfil the requirements or expectations of [syn: {fulfill}, {fulfil}, {live up to}] [ant: {fall short of}]
2: make happy or satisfied [syn: {gratify}] [ant: {dissatisfy}]
3: fill or meet a want or need [syn: {meet}, {fill}, {fulfill}, {fulfil}] [also: {satisfied}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
satisfied See {satisfy}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "satisfied": accepting, allayed, assured, at ease, believing, certain, charmed, cloyed, comfortable, composed, confident, content, contented, convinced, cozy, crammed, delighted, devout, disgusted, dogmatic, doubtless, easy, easygoing, engorged, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated, faithful, favorably impressed with, fed-up, fideistic, full, full of, glad, gladsome, glutted, gorged, gratified, happy, impressed with, in clover, intrigued, jaded, of good comfort, overfed, overfull, overgorged, oversaturated, overstuffed, persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, positive, reconciled, replete, resigned, sans souci, sated, satiated, saturated, secure, sick of, slaked, sold on, stuffed, supersaturated, sure, surfeited, taken with, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, tired of, uncomplaining, under the impression, undoubtful, undoubting, unrepining, with a bellyful, with a snootful, with enough of, without care
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