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Webster 1828 Edition


Satisfying

SAT'ISFYING

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ppr.
Giving content; feeding or supplying to the full extent of desire; convincing; paying.

Definition 2024


satisfying

satisfying

English

Adjective

satisfying (comparative more satisfying, superlative most satisfying)

  1. That satisfies, gratifies, pleases or comforts.
    • 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:
      As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

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Verb

satisfying

  1. present participle of satisfy