SATISFISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satisfise mean? 

• SATISFISE (verb)
  The verb SATISFISE has 1 sense:

1. decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal

  Familiarity information: SATISFISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATISFISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they satisfise    ... he / she / it satisfises   
Past simple: satisfised   
Past participle: satisfised   
-ing form: satisfising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

satisfice; satisfise

Context example:

optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice

Hypernyms (to "satisfise" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s