Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SAT'IS-FI-ED, pp.

Having the desires fully gratified; made content.

SAT'IS-FI-ER, n.

One that gives satisfaction.

SAT'IS-FY, v.i.

1. To give content. Earthly good never satisfies.
2. To feed or supply to the full.
3. To make payment. [But the intransitive use of this verb is generally elliptical.]

SAT'IS-FY, v.t. [L. satisfacio; satis, enough, and facio, to make; Fr. satisfaire; It. soddisfare; Sp. satisfacer; G. satt, D. zat, Dan. sat, filled, satisfied.]

1. To gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired. The demands of hunger may be easily satisfied; but who can satisfy the passion for money or honor?
2. To supply fully what is necessary and demanded by natural laws; as to satisfy with rain the desolate and waste ground. Job xxxviii.
3. To pay to content; to recompense or indemnify to the full extent of claims; as, to satisfy demands. He is well paid, that is, well satisfied. – Shak.
4. To appease by punishment; as, to satisfy rigor. – Milton.
5. To free from doubt, suspense or uncertainty; to cause the mind to rest in confidence by ascertaining the truth; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
6. To convince. A jury must be satisfied of the guilt of a man, before they can justly condemn him. The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid and satisfying. – Atterbury.
7. To pay; to discharge; as, to satisfy an execution. Debts due to the United States are to be first satisfied. – Wirt.

SAT'IS-FY-ING, ppr.

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

SAT'IS-FY-ING-LY, adv.

In a manner tending to satisfy.

SAT'IVE, a. [L. sativus, from sero, satum, to sow.]

Sown in gardens. – Evelyn.

SAT'RAP, n.

In Persia, an admiral; more generally, the governor of a province. – Encyc.

SAT'RAP-AL, a.

Pertaining to a satrap or a satrapy. – Mitford.

SAT'RAP-ESS, n.

A female satrap. – Mitford.

SAT'RAP-Y, n.

The government or jurisdiction of a satrap. D'Anville. Milton.

SAT'U-RA-BLE, a. [See Saturate.]

That may be saturated; capable of saturation. Grew.

SAT'U-RANT, a. [L. saturans.]

Saturating; impregnating to the full.

SAT'U-RANT, n.

In medicine, a substance which neutralizes the acid in the stomach. Coxe.

SAT'U-RATE, v.t. [L. saturo, from satur, filled; satio, to feed to the full. See Sate.]

1. To impregnate or unite with, till no more can be received. Thus an acid saturates an alkali, and an alkali saturates an acid, when the solvent can contain no more of the dissolving body.
2. To supply or fill to fullness. – Thomson.

SAT'U-RA-TED, pp.

Supplied to fullness.

SAT'U-RA-TING, ppr.

Supplying to fullness.

SAT-U-RA'TION, n.

In a general sense, a filling or supply to fullness. In chimistry, the union, combination or impregnation of one body with another by natural attraction or affinity, till the receiving body can contain no more; or solution continued till the solvent can contain no more. The saturation of an alkali by an acid, is by one sort of affinity; the saturation of water by salt, is by another sort of affinity, called solution.

SAT'UR-DAY, n. [Sax. Sæter-dæg; D. Saturdag; Saturn's day.]

The last day of the week; the day next preceding the sabbath.

SA-TU'RI-TY, n. [L. saturitas. See Saturate.]

Fullness of supply; the state of being saturated. [Little used.]

SAT'URN, n. [L. Saturnus.]

1. In mythology, one of the oldest and principal deities, the son of Cœlus and Terra, [heaven and earth,] and the father of Jupiter. He answers to the Greek Χρονος, Chronus or Time.
2. In astronomy, one of the planets of the solar system, less in magnitude than Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy nine thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun somewhat more than nine hundred millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty nine years and a half.
3. In the old chimistry, an appellation given to lead.
4. In heraldry, the black color in blazoning the arms of sovereign princes.

SAT-URN-A'LIAN, a. [from L. saturnalia, feasts of Saturn.]

1. Pertaining to the festivals celebrated in honor of Saturn, Dec. 16, 17 or 18, in which men indulged in riot without restraint. Hence,
2. Loose; dissolute; sportive. – Burke.

SA-TURN'I-AN, a.

In fabulous history, pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age; hence, golden; happy; distinguished for purity, integrity and simplicity. Th' Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times. – Pope.

SAT'URN-INE, a. [Fr. saturnien, from L. Saturnus.]

1. Supposed to be under the influence of Saturn. Hence,
2. Dull; heavy; grave; not readily susceptible of excitement; phlegmatic; as, a saturnine person or temper. Addison.

SAT'URN-IST, n.

A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. Browne.