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satisfactive, a. and n. rare.|sætɪsˈfæktɪv|
[as if ad. L. *satisfactīvus, f. satisfact-, satisfacĕre to satisfy: see -ive.]
A. adj.
†a. ? Adequate to the requirements of the case. Obs.
b. In Bentham's use: Consisting in or concerned with ‘satisfaction’ or reparation.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xi. 334 By a finall and satisfactive discernment of faith, we lay the last and particular effects upon the first and generall cause of all things. 1829Bentham Justice & Cod. Petit., Abr. Petit. Justice 79 The two remedies which wrong in every shape calls for: namely, the satisfactive and the punitive. 1830― Offic. Apt. Maximized Pref. 25 note, Punishment, together with the several other remedies, which the nature of things admits of:—namely, satisfactive, suppressive, and preventive.
†B. n. ‘An act of satisfaction; compensation; requital; amends’ (Cent. Dict. 1891). |