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.
| c 1475 Partenay 1917 Hit is gret reson ye were satefied Off your ful good will don And applied. 1513 Douglas æneis v. xi. 11 Juno,..Not satyfyit of hir auld fury nor wroik. 1533 Bellenden 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. c 1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 271 It is worse for a man to break good laws to..satify his sensual appetite. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scotl. (S.T.S.) II. 454 To satifie his askeng. |