satisfy

v.

1. To make content

   content, comfort, cheer, elate, befriend, please, rejoice, delight, exhilarate, amuse, entertain, flatter, make merry, make cheerful, gladden, content, gratify, indulge, humor, conciliate, propitiate, capture, enthrall, enliven, animate, captivate, fascinate, fill, sate, be of advantage, surfeit, gorge, glut, cloy, satiate, tickle*, brighten up*.

2. To pay

   repay, clear up, disburse; see pay 1, settle 9.

3. To fulfill

   do, fill, serve the purpose, be enough, assuage, observe, perform, comply with, conform to, meet requirements, keep a promise, accomplish, complete, be adequate, be sufficient, provide, furnish, qualify, answer, serve, equip, meet, avail, suffice, fill the want, come up to, content one, appease one, fill the bill*, pass muster*, get by*, go in a pinch*.

   Antonyms neglect*, leave open, fail to do.

4. To convince

   induce, inveigle, win over; see convince, persuade 1.