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ˈsatify, v. Chiefly Sc.
Also 5 satefy, 6 satyfy, satifie.
[a. OF. satifier, satefier, var. of satisfier: see satisfy.]
trans. = satisfy.
Still locally used in Scotland, in the form settifee.
c1475Partenay 1917 Hit is gret reson ye were satefied Off your ful good will don And applied. 1513Douglas æneis v. xi. 11 Juno,..Not satyfyit of hir auld fury nor wroik. 1533Bellenden Livy Prol. (S.T.S.) I. 4 Be sum meretis þare Ire war satifyit. Ibid. ii. II. 285 For quhen thir pepill maye nocht be gottin to satify his crewelte, he behufit finallie to rage in him selff. c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 271 It is worse for a man to break good laws to..satify his sensual appetite. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scotl. (S.T.S.) II. 454 To satifie his askeng. |