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  • 1 ex-piō

        ex-piō āvī, ātus, āre.—In religion,    to make amends for, atone for, purify, expiate, purge by sacrifice: tua scelera in nostros milites, i. e. avenge: filium pecuniā publicā, L.: quae violata sunt, expiabuntur: arma Nondum expiatis uncta cruoribus, H.—To avert, destroy the force of (an omen or curse): quem ad modum ea expientur: prodigium, L.: dira detestatio Nullā expiatur victimā, H.—To make amends for, repair, make good, compensate: superioris aetatis exempla Gracchorum casibus, Cs.: legatorum iniurias, L.

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  • 2 expio

    ex-pĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make satisfaction, amends, atonement for a crime or a criminal; to purify any thing defiled with crime; to atone for, to expiate, purge by sacrifice (freq. and class.; syn.: pio, lustro, placo, paco).
    I.
    Relig. t. t.
    A.
    Lit.:

    SACRVM COMMISSVM QVOD NEQVE EXPIARI POTERIT, IMPIE COMMISSVM ESTO: QVOD EXPIARI POTERIT, PVBLICI SACERDOTES EXPIANTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21:

    scelus,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 29; cf.:

    tua scelera di immortales in nostros milites expiaverunt,

    i. e. have avenged, Cic. Pis. 35, 85:

    in iis sine illius suffimentis expiati sumus,

    id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; cf.:

    imperatum patri, ut filium expiaret pecunia publica,

    Liv. 1, 26, 12:

    aliquem,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 34:

    puerum lustralibus salivis,

    Pers. 2, 33:

    quae violata sunt, expiabuntur,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; cf.:

    expiandum forum Romanum a nefarii sceleris vestigiis,

    id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; id. Phil. 1, 12, 30.—
    B.
    To avert an omen or sign, i. e. to prevent the evil indicated by it:

    quae di significent, quemadmodum ea procurentur atque expientur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63, 139:

    prodigia quae neque hostiis neque votis piare fas habet gens superstitioni obnoxia,

    Tac. H. 5, 13 init.:

    arma nondum expiatis uncta cruoribus,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 5:

    dira detestatio nulla expiatur victima,

    id. Epod. 5, 90 et saep.—
    II.
    Transf., beyond the relig. sphere.
    A.
    To atone for, make amends for, repair, make good:

    haec superioris aetatis exempla expiata Saturnini atque Gracchorum casibus docet,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 5:

    malam potentiam servili supplicio,

    Tac. H. 4, 11:

    legatorum injurias regisque caedem,

    Liv. 1, 14, 3:

    errorem,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 1 et saep.:

    incommodum virtute,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 52 fin.:

    cladem victoriis,

    Flor. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appease (very rare):

    a me etiam poenas expetistis, quibus conjuratorum manes mortuorum expiaretis,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

    tutelam navis,

    Petr. 105:

    iram,

    Sen. Oet. 857.

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  • 3 sarciō

        sarciō sarsī, sartus, īre    [SAR-], to patch, botch, mend, repair, restore, make good: generis (apum) lapsi ruinas, V.—Fig., to make good, make amends for, make compensation for, correct, repair: si quid esset in bello detrimenti acceptum, Cs.: acceptum incommodum virtute, Cs.: iniuriam: longi temporis usuram, restore: male sarta Gratia, H.
    * * *
    sarcire, sarsi, sartus V
    make good; redeem; restore

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  • 4 redimō

        redimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere    [red-+emo], to buy back, repurchase, redeem: (domum) non minoris, quam emit Antonius, redimet: de fundo redimendo.— To ransom, release, redeem: captum quam queas Minumo, T.: cum legati populi R. redempti sint: e servitute: servi in publicum redempti ac manumissi, ransomed at the public cost, L.— To buy off, set free, release, rescue: pecuniā se a iudicibus palam redemerat: eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte, N.: fratrem Pollux alternā morte redemit, V.: corpus (a morbo), O.: armis civitatem, L.— To buy up, obtain by purchase, take by contract, undertake, hire, farm: belli moram, secure by bribery, S.: vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere, Cs.: picarias de censoribus: litem, undertake.—Fig., to buy, purchase, redeem, secure, gain, acquire, obtain, procure: ut ab eo (praetorc) servorum vita redimeretur: pretio sepeliendi potestatem: ne obsidibus quidem datis, pacem Ariovisti, Cs.: auro ius triste sepulcri, O.: mutuam dissimulationem mali, Ta.: alqd morte, Cu.— To buy off, ward off, obviate, avert: (acerbitatem) a re p. meis incommodis: metum virgarum pretio: Si mea mors redimenda tuā esset, O.— To pay for, make amends for, atone for, compensate for: flagitium aut facinus, S.: sua per nostram periuria poenam, O.
    * * *
    I
    redimere, redemi, redemptus V TRANS
    buy back, recover, replace by purchase; buy up; make good, fulfil (promise); redeem; atone for; ransom; rescue/save; contract for; buy/purchase; buy off
    II
    redimere, redimi, - V TRANS
    buy back, recover, replace by purchase; buy up; make good, fulfil (promise); redeem; atone for; ransom; rescue/save; contract for; buy/purchase; buy off

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  • 5 satis-faciō or satis faciō

        satis-faciō or satis faciō fēcī, factus, ere,    to give satisfaction, satisfy, content: quam ob rem tandem non satis facit?: Siculis: mihi: causae atque officio: et naturae et legibus: ut omnium vel suspicioni vel malevolentiae satis fiat: qui (histriones) in dissimillimis personis satis faciebant: in iure civili: quibus quoniam satisfeci me nihil reliqui fecisse, quod, etc., N.—To give satisfaction, satisfy, content, pay off, pay, secure: Fufiis satis facit absentibus et fidem suam liberat: pecunias mutuati, proinde ac suis satis facere vellent, Cs.—To give satisfaction, make amends, make reparation, make excuse, apologize: missis ad Caesarem satisfaciundi causā legatis, Cs.: in quā civitate legatus populi R. violatus sit, nisi publice satis factum sit, etc.: cum tribunis militum egerunt, ut Caesari satisfacerent, etc., Cs.: aut morte aut victoriā rei p.: omnibus rationibus de iniuriis, Cs.

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  • 6 satis

    sătis, and abbreviated, săt (cf. the letter S.: satin', contr. for satisne; v.the foll.), adv. [root in Gr. adên, hadên, orig. a comp. form, weakened from satius; cf.: magis, nimis, etc.], enough, sufficiently (objectively, so that one needs nothing more; whereas affatim subjectively, so that one wishes nothing more).
    I.
    Posit.
    1.
    Adject., enough, sufficient, satisfactory.
    a.
    Form sătis:

    quod (faenum et pabulum) bubus satis siet, qui illic sient,

    Cato, R. R. 137: cui, si conjuret populus, vix totu' satis sit, were enough, adequate, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 193 P.: libram aiebant satis esse ambobus farris Intritae, Titin. ap. Non. 81, 13; Hor. S. 1, 5, 68:

    duo talenta pro re nostrā ego esse decrevi satis,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 67; id. Ad. 5, 3, 24:

    dies mihi hic ut sit satis vereor Ad agendum,

    id. And. 4, 2, 22; cf. Liv. 21, 17:

    quicquid adjecissent ipsi terroris satis ad perniciem fore rati,

    id. 21, 33; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 19:

    animo satis haec vestigia parva sagaci Sunt, per quae possis cognoscere cetera tute,

    Lucr. 1, 402:

    satis est tibi in te, satis in legibus, satis in mediocribus amicitiis praesidium,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

    ut semper vobis auxilium adversus inimicos satis sit,

    Liv. 6, 18:

    satis esse Italiae unum consulem censebat,

    id. 34, 43; Cic. Planc. 38, 92; cf.:

    ipse Romam venirem, si satis consilium quādam de re haberem,

    id. Att. 12, 50:

    id modo si mercedis Datur mihi... satis Mihi esse ducam,

    will content myself, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 16:

    satis hoc tibi est,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 40:

    animo istuc satis est, auribus non satis,

    Cic. Or. 63, 215:

    dicebant de re publicā quod esset illis viris et consulari dignitati satis,

    id. Brut. 35, 135; hence, in a play on the word: Le. Jam satis est mihi. Li. Tum igitur tu dives es factus? Plaut. As. 2, 2, 64:

    quidvis satis est, dum vivat modo,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 28; id. Hec. 5, 2, 17:

    qui non sentirent, quid esset satis,

    Cic. Or. 22, 73:

    sum avidior etiam, quam satis est, gloriae,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 2:

    plus quam satis doleo,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 123:

    semel fugiendi si data est occasio, Satis est,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 9:

    satis esse deberet, si, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 174:

    satin' habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11:

    ars satis praestat, si, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 10, 15:

    non satis efficit oratio, si, etc.,

    id. 8, 3, 62:

    satis superque est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14:

    poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 66:

    satis superque habere dicit, quod sibi ab arbitrio tribuatur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

    tanta repente caelo missa vis aquae, ut ea modo exercitui satis superque foret,

    Sall. J. 75, 7; cf.:

    satis una excidia,

    Verg. A. 2, 642 (v. infra, g and 2. b); cf.:

    plura quam satis est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 46:

    ultra quam satis est,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 16.—
    (β).
    Satis est (habeo, credo, etc.), with inf. or a subject- ( object-) clause:

    huic satis illud erit planum facere atque probare,

    Lucr. 2, 934; Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

    satis erat respondere Magnas: ingentes, inquit,

    id. Lael. 26, 98:

    velut satis sit, scire ipsos,

    Quint. 8, 2, 19:

    si oratori satis esset docere,

    id. 10, 1, 78:

    nunc libertatem repeti satis est,

    Liv. 3, 53 fin.:

    vos satis habebatis animam retinere,

    Sall. J. 31, 20:

    illud satis habeo dicere,

    Quint. 6, 5, 11: satis habeo with si, Nep. Them. 8, 4; id. Timol. 2, 4; Liv. 5, 21, 9; Tac. A. 2, 37; 4, 38.—With quod, Liv. 40, 29, 13; Just. 22, 8, 14:

    satis putant vitio carere,

    Quint. 2, 4, 9:

    si res nudas atque inornatas indicare satis videretur,

    id. 2, 4, 3:

    Herennium et Numisium legatos vinciri satis visum,

    Tac. H. 4, 59. —Rarely with ut:

    Fabio satis visum, ut ovans urbem iniret,

    Liv. 7, 11, 9.—Negatively:

    quarum (rerum) unam dicere causam Non satis est, verum plures,

    Lucr. 6, 704:

    nec vero habere virtutem satis est, nisi utare,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

    opera exstruentibus satis non est, saxa atque materiam congerere,

    Quint. 7, prooem. §

    1: non satis est, pulchra esse poëmata,

    Hor. A. P. 99 et saep.—With inf. perf. (not freq. till after the Aug. period; cf.

    Zumpt, Gram. § 590): nunc satis est dixisse: ego mira poëmata pango, etc.,

    Hor. A. P. 416:

    quod hactenus ostendisse satis est,

    Quint. 6, 3, 62:

    atque id viro bono satis est, docuisse quod sciret,

    id. 12, 11, 8:

    illud notasse satis habeo,

    id. 9, 4, 15.—Negatively:

    non ille satis cognosse Sabinae Gentis habet ritus,

    Ov. M. 15, 4:

    non satis credunt excepisse quae relicta erant,

    Quint. 2, 1, 2.— Absol.: gaudeo. Ch. Satis credo, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 21.—
    (γ).
    With gen.: As. Salve. St. Satis mihi est tuae salutis, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 4:

    satis historiarum est,

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 48:

    verborum,

    id. Capt. 1, 2, 16:

    satis mihi id habeam supplicii,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 15:

    ea amicitia non satis habet firmitatis,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 19:

    ad dicendum temporis satis habere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 2; cf. Quint. 10, 2, 15: satis praesidii, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84 Madv. N. cr.:

    satis poenarum dedisse,

    Quint. 7, 4, 18:

    jam satis terris nivis atque dirae Grandinis misit pater,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 1:

    satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 45; so, satis superque, with gen.:

    vitae,

    Liv. 2, 42, 6; 63, 67, 3; 25, 32, 6; 28, 29, 7; Hor. Epod. 17, 19.— Comp.: satius; v. infra, B. —
    b.
    Form săt (most freq. in the poets):

    quibus (dis) sat esse non queam?

    to be sufficient, equal to, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 27:

    pol vel legioni sat est (obsonium),

    id. Aul. 3, 6, 24:

    in jure causam dicito, hic verbum sat est,

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 28; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37; id. Truc. 2, 8, 14:

    tantum quantum sat est,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

    tantum sat habes?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 40:

    si hoc sat est,

    Quint. 2, 11, 7:

    amabo jam sat est,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 117; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; id. Eun. 4, 4, 38; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 34:

    paene plus quam sat erat,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 14:

    sat habeo,

    id. And. 2, 1, 35; 4, 2, 22 et saep.—
    (β).
    Sat est (habeo, credo, etc.), with inf. or a subject- ( object-) clause:

    nonne id sat erat, Accipere ab illo injuriam?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3:

    perdere posse sat est,

    Ov. H. 12, 75: qui non sat habuit conjugem illexe in stuprum, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 79: Ar. Mater salve. Art. Sat salutis't, id. As. 5, 2, 61:

    vocis,

    id. Truc. 2, 3, 29:

    signi,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 39:

    poenae,

    Prop. 1, 17, 10 et saep.—
    2.
    Adverb., enough, sufficiently.
    a.
    Form sătis.
    (α).
    With verbs:

    si sis sanus, aut sapias satis,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 23:

    satis deludere,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 45:

    satis jam dolui ex animo et curā me satis Et lacrimis maceravi,

    id. Capt. 5, 1, 7:

    satin' me illi hodie scelesti ceperunt dolo?

    id. ib. 3, 4, 120:

    ego istuc satis scio,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 37; Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 53:

    satis ostenderit, reliquos, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 31, 54 et saep.: quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 322 Müll.:

    neque audio neque oculis prospicio satis,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 7:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 45, 110; Hor. Epod. 1, 31; cf.:

    quidque furor valeat, Penthea caede satisque Ac super ostendit,

    Ov. M. 4, 429 (v. in the foll. II. D. 1. a).—
    (β).
    With adjectives:

    satis dives,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 44; id. Capt. 2, 2, 74:

    dotata,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

    dicacula,

    id. As. 3, 1, 8:

    satis multa restant,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71:

    video te testimoniis satis instructum,

    id. ib. 1, 38, 59:

    rura tibi magna satis,

    Verg. E. 1, 48 et saep.:

    satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 53 fin. —Sometimes, like the Engl. enough, it denotes diminution, tolerably, moderately:

    videor mihi nostrum illum consularem exercitum bonorum omnium, etiam satis bonorum, habere firmissimum,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 4:

    satis litteratus (with nec infacetus),

    id. Off. 3, 14, 58:

    satis bonus (locus),

    Cato, R. R. 136:

    res satis amplae,

    Just. 2, 1, 1; cf. the foll. g and b. b.—
    (γ).
    With adverbs or adverbial phrases:

    satis audacter,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 208:

    satis certo scio,

    id. Ps. 4, 5, 5:

    satis superbe illuditis me,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 22:

    satis scite,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 7:

    non satis honeste,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 57:

    satis cum periculo,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 104: et quidem hercle formā luculentā (haec meretrix). Ch. Sic satis, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 12:

    satis opportune occidisse,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

    satis recte,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 53:

    satis saepe,

    Sall. J. 62, 1:

    satis bene ornatae,

    dressed well enough, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 73; hence satis bene sometimes, like the Engl. well enough, = tolerably, moderately, or pretty well:

    a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere. Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere. Quid tertium? Male pascere. Quid quartum? Arare,

    Cic. Off. 2, 25, 89 (for which, in the same narration, mediocriter pascere, Col. 6, praef. § 4; and Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30); cf. supra, a. b, and infra, b. b.—
    b.
    Form săt.
    (α).
    With verbs:

    sat scio,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 25; Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 34; id. Ad. 3, 2, 41; 3, 3, 6; 4, 1, 10; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 31:

    sat prata biberunt,

    Verg. E. 3, 111.—
    (β).
    With adjectives:

    accusator sat bonus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 89:

    non sat idoneus Pugnae,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 26: sat planum. Liv. 6, 18 fin. —Signifying diminution, like the Engl. enough, tolerably, moderately, passably:

    laetantibus omnibus bonis, etiam sat bonis,

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1; so, sat bonus (less than bonus): [p. 1634] sl me voltis esse oratorem, si etiam sat bonum, si bonum denique, non repugnabo, id. de Or. 3, 22, 84.—
    (γ).
    With adverbs:

    qui sat diu vixisse sese arbitrabitur,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 12:

    sat commode,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 17:

    sat recte,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43.—
    B.
    Comp.: satius (prop. more satisfying; hence), better, more serviceable, fitter, preferable.
    1.
    Adject., in the phrase satius est, with a subject-clause (cf. supra, 1. a. b, and b. b) followed by quam:

    scire satius est quam loqui Servum hominem,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 57; id. Bacch. 3, 2, 11; id. Cas. 1, 24; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 66; 5, 2, 16; id. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Att. 7, 1, 4; id. Inv. 2, 32, 100; Liv. 26, 29; 42, 23 fin. al.; cf.:

    nimio satius est, ut opu'st, te ita esse, quam ut animo lubet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 30:

    quanto satius est, te id dare operam... Quam id loqui, etc.,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 7; cf.

    also: satius multo fuisse, non moveri bellum adversus eum, quam omitti motum,

    Liv. 34, 33:

    nonne fuit satius tristis Amaryllidis iras pati?

    Verg. E. 2, 14:

    hos te satius est docere, ut, quando agas, quid agant, sciant,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 49:

    mori me satius est,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 2; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63; cf.:

    repertus est nemo, qui mori diceret satius esse,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:

    mortuom hercle me duco satius,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 34:

    terga impugnare hostium satius visum est,

    Liv. 3, 70; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 34.—In a positive signif., it serves, benefits, is of use: nihil phluarein satius est, miles (perh. in reference to the preceding speech of the miles:

    mortuum me duco satius),

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 36: satius putare, with an object-clause, to believe it to be better, Nep. Paus. 5, 1.—
    * 2.
    Adverb., with a verb, rather (syn. potius):

    ego quod magis pertineat ad Fundanii valetudinem, satius dicam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26.
    II.
    Particular phrases.
    A.
    Sat agito (also in one word, satagito), and sat agere suarum rerum, to have enough to do, have one ' s hands full; to be busy, be troubled (only in the foll. passages):

    nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23:

    is quoque suarum rerum sat agitat, tamen, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 13 Bentl., followed by Umpfenb.; and so ap. Charis. p. 193 P. (Fleck. sat agit, tamen).—
    B.
    Satis ago or sat ago (also in one word, satago).
    1.
    T. t. in business lang., to satisfy, content, pay a creditor:

    nunc satagit,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34.—
    2.
    To have enough to do, have one ' s hands full; to be in trouble (the predom. signif. of the word).
    (α).
    Form satis ago (class.): jam apud vallum nostri satis agebant, Cato ap. Charis. p. 193 P.:

    cum Pyrrhus rex in terrā Italiā esset satisque agerent Romani,

    Gell. 3, 8, 1:

    ego nocte hac proximā In somnis egi satis et fui homo exercitus,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 4:

    complorantibus omnibus nostris atque in sentinā satis agentibus,

    Gell. 19, 1, 3; 9, 11, 4:

    satis agentes rerum suarum,

    App. M. 8, p. 209, 6.— Impers. pass.:

    pugnatur acriter: agitur tamen satii,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9.—
    (β).
    Form sat ago (satago) (very rare): Caesar alte-ram alam mittit, qui satagentibus celeriter occurrerent, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 7; cf. supra, II. A.—
    3.
    To bustle about, make a to-do, be full of business, polupragmoneuô (postAug. and very rare):

    (Domitius) Afer venuste Mallium Suram multum in agendo discursantem, salientem, manus jactantem, etc.... non agere dixit, sed satagere. Est enim dictum per se urbanum satagere, etc.,

    Quint. 6, 3, 54; cf. id. 11, 3, 126:

    curris, stupes, satagis tamquam mus in matellā,

    Petr. 58, 9.—Also act.: interea haec satagens, busily doing or performing, Petr. 137, 10.—
    C.
    Satis accipio, caveo, do, exigo, peto, offero, etc., t: t. of business lang., to take, give, ask, offer, etc., sufficient bail or security:

    satis accipio,

    Cic. Quint. 13, 44 sq.; id. Rosc. Com. 14, 40; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115; Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 4; Dig. 36, 4, 5; 45, 1, 4; 46, 1, 33.— Pass., Cato, R. R. 2, 6:

    satis acceptum habere,

    to be fully assured, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 90; 1, 3, 67:

    satis caveo,

    Dig. 7, 1, 60 (cf. caveo, II. 2.):

    satis do (also as one word, satisdo),

    Cic. Quint. 13, 44 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 146; 2, 2, 24, § 60; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35; id. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2; id. Att. 5, 1, 2; Dig. 1, 2, 8; 1, 2, 7 fin.; 36, 4, 1; 36, 4, 5; 46, 6, 1.—With gen.:

    judicatae pecuniae,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 8:

    damni infecti,

    Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6:

    fidei commissi,

    Dig. 36, 4, 5; 46, 4, 5: satisdato (caveo, promitto, debeo, etc.), by giving bail or security, ib. 5, 1, 2 fin.; 2, 11, 4 fin.; 40, 5, 4; Cic. Att. 16, 15, 2:

    satis exigo,

    Dig. 26, 7, 45 fin.; 36, 3, 18:

    satis offero,

    to tender security, ib. 26, 10, 5; 36, 4, 3; 48, 17, 1:

    satis peto,

    to demand security, ib. 35, 1, 70.—
    D.
    Sătis făcĭo, or, in one word, sătisfăcĭo ( pass. satisfacitur, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 789 P.), to give satisfaction, to satisfy, content:

    satisfacere dicimur ei, cujus desiderium implemus,

    Dig. 2, 8, 1 (very freq. and class.).
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    ut illis satis facerem ex disciplinā,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 28:

    Siculis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139:

    alicui petenti,

    id. Or. 41, 140:

    operam dabo ut tibi satisfaciam,

    id. Att. 2, 4, 3:

    deo pie et caste,

    id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

    domino vel populo (gladiatores),

    id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—In mal. part., Petr. 75; 77.—Of things:

    cum aut morte aut victoriā se satisfacturum rei publicae spopondisset,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 9, 26:

    cui (vitae meae) satis feci vel aetate vel factis,

    id. Fam. 10, 1, 1:

    me omnibus satis esse facturum,

    id. Balb. 1, 2:

    causae atque officio satis facere,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; cf.:

    satis officio meo, satis illorum voluntati, qui a me hoc petiverunt, factum esse arbitrabor,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 130:

    gravibus seriisque rebus,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

    etsi nullo modo poterit oratio mea satis facere vestrae scientiae,

    id. Phil. 2, 23, 57; cf.:

    qui et naturae et legibus satis fecit,

    id. Clu. 10, 29:

    amicitiae nostrae,

    id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:

    me plus satis nostrae conjunctioni amorique facturum,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 2:

    ut omnium vel suspicioni vel malevolentiae vel crudelitati satis fiat,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 45:

    mihi vero satis superque abs te videtur istorum studiis... esse factum,

    id. de Or. 1, 47, 204:

    se avarissimi hominis cupiditati satis facere posse,

    id. Verr. 1, 14, 41:

    odio alicujus,

    Suet. Tib. 66 fin.:

    libidini alicujus,

    Lact. 6, 11, 23:

    voluntati voluntate satisfecimus,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 35, 1:

    condicioni,

    Dig. 36, 1, 77.—
    (β).
    With in aliquā re:

    qui (histriones) in dissimillimis personis satisfaciebant,

    Cic. Or. 31, 109; so,

    in historiā,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

    in jure civili,

    id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

    in omni genere,

    id. Att. 16, 5, 2.—
    (γ).
    With dat. and obj.-clause (rare):

    quibus quoniam satisfeci me nihil reliqui fecisse, quod ad sanandum me pertineret, reliquum est, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Att. 21, 5.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    quamobrem tandem non satisfacit?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15.—With de:

    nos plene et statim de eo satis esse facturos,

    Quint. 4, 5, 18.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    T. t. of business lang., to satisfy, content (by payment or security), to pay or secure a creditor:

    pecunia petitur ab Hermippo: Hermippus ab Heraclide petit, ipse tamen Fufiis satisfacit absentibus et fidem suam liberat,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    cum de visceribus tuis et filii tui satis facturus sis quibus debes,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7: ut si mihi in pecuniā minus satisfecisset, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 60 fin.; Dig. 40, 1, 4:

    omnis pecunia exsoluta esse debet aut eo nomine satisfactum esse: satisfactum autem accipimus, quemadmodum voluit creditor, licet non sit solutum, etc.,

    ib. 13, 7, 9; so (opp. solvere) ib. 18, 1, 19:

    Stichus servus meus heredi meo mille nummos si solverit, satisve fecerit, etc.,

    ib. 40, 4, 41; 40, 7, 39, § 1.—With gen. of the thing:

    cui ususfructus legatus esset, donec ei totius dotis (sc. nomine) satis fieret, etc.,

    Dig. 33, 2, 30.—
    b.
    To give satisfaction (by word or deed); to make amends or reparation; to make excuse; to ask pardon, apologize to a person offended, injured, etc.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    aut satisfaciat mihi ille, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 8:

    si Aeduis de injuriis... item si Allobrogibus satisfaciant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

    deinde reliquae legiones per tribunos militum egerunt, ut Caesari satisfacerent, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 41:

    acceperam jam ante Caesaris litteras, ut mihi satisfieri paterer a te,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 20, 49.—
    (β).
    With de and abl.:

    omnibus rationibus de injuriis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    injuriarum satisfecisti L. Labieno,

    Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    missis ad Caesarem satisfaciundi causā legatis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 54:

    in quā civitate legatus populi Romani aliquā ex parte violatus sit, nisi publice satis factum sit, el civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    satisfacientes aut supplicantes summittimus (manus),

    Quint. 11, 3, 115 et saep.—
    c.
    To give satisfaction by suffering a penalty: saepe satisfecit praedae venator, Mart. 12, 14, 3.

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  • 7 re-pōnō

        re-pōnō posuī, positus    (repostus, V., H.), ere, to put back, set back, replace, restore: suo quemque loco lapidem: omnem humum, earth (from a pit), V.: pecuniam duplam in thensauros, restore, L.: in cubitum se, lean again (at table), H.: columnas: nos in sceptra, reinstate, V.: donata, H.: flammis ambesa reponunt Robora navigiis, restore, V.: plena Pocula, i. e. keep filling, V.: vina mensis, set again (for a second course), V.: Altius ingreditur, et mollia crura reponit, i. e. sets down alternately, V.—To lay back, lay out, stretch out: membra (mortui) toro, V.: membra stratis, V.— To lay aside, put away, lay up, store, keep, preserve, reserve: fructūs: formicae farris acervum tecto reponunt, V.: Caecubum ad festas dapes, H.: (gratia) sequitur tellure repostos, buried, V.: pias laetis animas Sedibus, H.—To lay aside, lay down, lay by, put away: arma omnia, Cs.: feretro reposto, V.: Telas, O.: iam falcem arbusta reponunt, i. e. do not need, V.—To lay, place, put, set: grues in tergo praevolantium colla reponunt: colla in plumis, O.: litteras in gremio, L.: ligna super foco, H.—To place instead, make compensation: Catulo, make amends: meas epistulas delere, ut reponas tuas: Aristophanem pro Eupoli: praeclarum diem illis, Verria ut agerent.—Fig., to put back, replace, restore, renew, repeat: Nec virtus, cum semel excidit, Curat reponi deterioribus, H.: Achillem, to reproduce (as an epic hero), H.— To repay, requite, return: tibi idem: Semper ego auditor tantum? nunquamne reponam? retaliate, Iu.—To lay up, store, keep: manet altā mente repostum Iudicium Paridis, V.: odium, Ta.—In thought, to place, count, reckon, class: in vestrā mansuetudine causam totam: spem omnem in virtute, Cs.: in caritate civium nihil spei, L.: plus in duce quam in exercitu, Ta.: alquos in deorum coetu, count among: Catulum in clarissimorum hominum numero: homines morte deletos in deos.

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  • 8 lenio

    lēnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. lenibant, Verg. A. 4, 528:

    lenibat,

    id. ib. 6, 468; fut. lenibunt, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32), v. a. and n. [1. lenis].
    I.
    Act., to make soft or mild, to soften, mollify, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, soothe, calm (syn.: mitigo, placo, sedo, mulceo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    lapsana alvum lenit et mollit,

    Plin. 20, 9, 37, § 96:

    nuces leniunt saporem caeparum,

    id. 23, 8, 77, § 147:

    tumores,

    id. 33, 6, 35, § 110:

    collectiones impetusque,

    id. 22, 25, 58, § 122:

    stomachum latrantem,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 18:

    volnera,

    to assuage, heal, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32:

    clamorem,

    to soften, moderate, Hor. C. 1, 27, 7:

    inopiam frumenti lenire,

    to make amends for, cause to be less felt, Sall. J. 91.—
    B.
    Trop., to render mild, to appease, calm, pacify, etc.:

    senem illum tibi dedo ulteriorem, ut lenitum reddas,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 31:

    illum saepe lenivi iratum,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2:

    temperantia animos placat ac lenit,

    id. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

    te ipsum dies leniet, aetas mitigabit,

    id. Mur. 31, 65:

    epulis multitudinem imperitam,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    desiderium crebris epistolis,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 1:

    se multa consolatione,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

    diem tempusque... leniturum iras,

    Liv. 2, 45:

    seditionem,

    id. 6, 16:

    animum ferocem,

    Sall. J. 11:

    saepius fatigatus lenitur,

    id. ib. 111, 3:

    lenire dolentem Solando,

    Verg. A. 4, 393.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to become soft or mild, to be softened, mitigated:

    dum irae leniunt,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 100; cf. Brix ad loc.

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  • 9 sarcio

    sarcĭo, sarsi, sartum, 4, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. rhaptô], to patch, botch, mend, repair, restore, etc.: sarcire est integrum facere, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. sarte, p. 323 Müll. (class.; cf.: renovo, instauro, redintegro).
    I.
    Lit.:

    funes veteres, centones, cuculiones,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 3; cf.:

    in vestimento sartum quod comprehensum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

    corbulas,

    Cato, R. R. 23, 1; 31, 1:

    dolia,

    id. ib. 39, 1 sq.; Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

    aedes,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 68; 1, 2, 34:

    seminaria,

    Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 243:

    rupta intestina,

    id. 28, 14, 58, § 210:

    perniones rimasque pedum,

    id. 28, 16, 62, § 221.— Poet.:

    generis (apum) lapsi ruinas,

    Verg. G. 4, 249. — Transf.:

    sartum vulnus,

    healed, Scrib. Comp. 206.—
    II.
    Trop., to make good, make amends for; to correct, repair:

    detrimentum in bello acceptum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 1; so, acceptum detrimentum, id. B. C. [p. 1631] 1, 45;

    3, 67: acceptum incommodum virtute,

    id. ib. 3, 73:

    damna,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 5; Liv. 9, 23; Col. 9, 15, 3; cf.:

    sarcito in XII. Servius Sulpicius ait significare damnum solvito, praestato,

    Fest. p. 322 Müll.:

    injuriam,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

    tantum studium infamiae sarciendae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 74:

    usuram longi temporis,

    to restore, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1:

    an male sarta Gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31.—Hence, sartus, a, um, P. a., mended, repaired, put in order, only in the phrase sartus tectus, adj.; or more freq. subst. in the neutr. plur. sarta tecta, buildings in good repair:

    sarte ponebant pro integre. Ob quam causam opera publica, quae locantur, ut integra praestentur, sarta tecta vocantur,

    Fest. p. 322 Müll.; cf. Charis. p. 195 fin., and Inscr. Orell. 2488:

    cum consules aedes sacras locavissent neque potuissent omnia sarta tecta exigere...factum est senatus consultum: quibus de sartis tectis cognitum non esset... Quaesivit quis aedem Castoris sartam tectam deberet tradere... Monumentum quamvis sartum tectum integrumque esset, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130 sq.; so,

    sarta tecta,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 40, § 103; 2, 1, 49, § 128 Zumpt N. cr.; 2, 1, 50, § 130; 2, 1, 51, § 136; Liv. 42, 3; Dig. 1, 16, 7; 7, 1, 7; 7, 8, 18; cf.:

    sarta tecta aedium sacrarum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1; Vulg. 4 Reg. 12, 5; id. 2 Par. 24, 5.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    sarta tecta tua praecepta usque habui mea modestia,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 36:

    hoc mihi da, ut M'. Curium sartum et tectum, ut aiunt, ab omnique incommodo sincerum integrumque conserves,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 50, 2.—Hence, adv.: sartē pro integre... Porphyrio ex Verrio et Festo in Auguralibus, inquit, libris ita est:

    sane sarteque,

    Charis. p. 195 fin.; 196 init. P.; cf. supra the pass. from Fest.<

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  • 10 satisfacio

    satisfacere, satisfeci, satisfactus V
    give satisfactory insurance (to) or (that); make amends, satisfy

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  • 11 redemptito

    rĕdemptĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. a. [redempto], to buy up, redeem: malefacta benefactis, to compensate, make amends for, Cato ap. Fest. p. 286 Müll.

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  • 12 redimo

    rĕd-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, v. a. [emo].
    I.
    To buy back, repurchase (freq. and class.; syn.: recupero, reparo).
    A.
    In gen.:

    eam (domum) non minoris, quam emit Antonius, redimet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 10:

    neque adeo hasce emi mihi — illi redemi rursum,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 145:

    aut emendum sibi quod non habebat, aut redimendum quod habebat,

    Cic. Sest. 30, 66:

    de fundo redimendo,

    id. Att. 11, 13, 4:

    orabo, ut mihi pallam reddat, quam dudum dedi, Aliam illi redimam meliorem,

    will buy in return, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 115; 4, 3, 6; cf. Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 162.—
    B.
    In partic., to buy back, ransom, release, redeem a prisoner, slave, etc.: Li. Tu redimes me, si me hostes interceperint? De. Redimam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 93; Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    ut is homo redimatur illi,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 91; cf. id. Merc. 3, 1, 31:

    captos, captivos ab hoste, a praedonibus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90; cf.:

    haec benignitas, redimi e servitute captos,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 63; Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 14:

    servi in publicum redempti ac manumissi,

    ransomed, liberated at public cost, Liv. 26, 27:

    me raptum pugnā pretiove redemptum Mandere humo,

    Verg. A. 9, 213; Ov. H. 3, 39; id. Am. 1, 8, 63. — Hence,
    2.
    In gen., to buy off from any thing; to set free, release, rescue:

    aliquem a piratis publicā civitatium pecuniā,

    Vell. 2, 42, 3:

    pecuniā se a judicibus, palam redemerat,

    Cic. Mil. 32, 87; cf.:

    se ab inquisitoribus pecuniā,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    se a Gallis auro,

    Liv. 22, 59:

    se a cane,

    Petr. 72 fin.:

    se ab invidiā fortunae,

    Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3:

    aliquem suo sanguine ab Acheronte,

    Nep. Dion, 10, 2; cf.:

    fratrem Pollux alternā morte redemit,

    Verg. A. 6, 121:

    corpus (sc. a morbo),

    Ov. R. Am. 229:

    redimite armis civitatem, quam auro majores vestri redemerunt,

    Liv. 9, 4, 9; 15, 34, 5: so,

    redemit Dominus Jacob,

    Vulg. Jer. 31, 11; id. 1 Pet. 1, 18 et saep. —
    II.
    To buy up.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (rare):

    statim redemi fundos omnes, qui patroni mei fuerant,

    Petr. 7:

    essedum sumptuose fabricatum,

    Suet. Claud. 16:

    libros suppressos,

    id. Gram. 8.—
    (β).
    Of persons, to hire, bribe:

    auditores conducti et redempti,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 4; so,

    plausor redemptus,

    Petr. 5, 8:

    tutor aut curator redemptus,

    Cod. Just. 5, 1, 4:

    aemuli corrupti ac redempti,

    ib. 10, 54.— More freq. and class.,
    2.
    In partic., a mercant. and jurid. t. t., to take or undertake by contract; to hire, farm, etc.:

    Dumnorigem portoria reliquaque omnia Aeduorum vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Varr. L. L. 6, § 92 Müll.; cf.:

    picarias de censoribus,

    Cic. Brut. 22, 85:

    opus,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141:

    istum eripiendum,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

    31: vestimenta texenda vel insulam, vel navem fabricandam,

    Dig. 7, 8, 12 fin.:

    litem,

    to undertake, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.— Esp., in law, t. t., to undertake the risk of a suit for a consideration (which was held dishonorable;

    opp. to the authorized stipulation of a fee): litem te redemisse contra bonos mores,

    Cod. Just. 2, 12, 15; cf.

    also: redimit eventum litium majoris pecuniae praemio contra bonos mores (procurator),

    Dig. 17, 1, 7:

    qui alios actionum suarum redimunt exactores,

    i. e. who engage persons to undertake their suits in their own names, Cod. Just. 2, 13, 2; so ib. 2, 13, 1; cf., respecting redimere litem, Mühlenbruch, Die Lehre von der Cession, p. 362 sq.—
    B.
    Trop., to buy, purchase.
    1.
    To gain, acquire, obtain, procure any thing desirable:

    ut ab eo (praetore) servorum sceleris conjurationisque damnatorum vita vel ipso carnifice internuncio redimeretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

    ego vitam omnium civium... quinque hominum amentium ac perditorum poenā redemi,

    id. Sull. 11, 33: non vitam liberum sed mortis celeritatem pretio, id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

    sepeliendi potestatem pretio,

    id. ib.:

    pacem sibi sempiternam,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 34:

    pacem Ariovisti ne obsidibus quidem datis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

    pacem ab aliquo,

    Just. 43, 5, 9:

    omnium gratiam atque amicitiam ejus morte,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44 fin.:

    militum voluntates largitione,

    id. B. C. 1, 39:

    primo tantummodo belli moram,

    Sall. J. 29, 3:

    neve auro redimat jus triste sepulcri,

    Ov. M. 13, 472:

    mutuam dissimulationem mali,

    Tac. Agr. 6:

    quidquid homines vel vitā aestimant vel morte redimunt,

    Curt. 5, 5, 18; 5, 9, 3.—
    2.
    To buy off, i. e. to ward off, obviate, avert an evil:

    quam (acerbitatem) ego a re publicā meis privatis et domesticis incommodis libentissime redemissem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 4:

    haec vero, quae vel vitā redimi recte possunt, aestimare pecuniā non queo,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23:

    qui se uno quaestu decumarum omnia sua pericula redempturum esse dicebat,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 19, §

    49: metum virgarum pretio,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 44, §

    117: ignominiam assiduo labore,

    Front. Strat. 4, 1, 21:

    bellum ab Illyriis pactā mercede redimere,

    Just. 7, 5, 1; cf.

    bella,

    id. 6, 1, 6; 7, 5, 1; 7, 6, 5:

    si mea mors redimenda tuā esset,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 105; cf.:

    nec te pugnantem tua forma redemit,

    id. M. 12, 393:

    qui delatorem redemit,

    has bought off, hushed up, Dig. 49, 14, 29.—
    3.
    To pay for; to make amends, atone, compensate for a wrong:

    flagitium aut facinus redimere,

    Sall. C. 14, 3:

    multa desidiae crimina morte,

    Vell. 2, 87 Ruhnk.:

    nullam congiario culpam,

    Plin. Pan. 28, 2; cf. simply culpam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8:

    vitium auctore (sc. Jove),

    Ov. H. 17, 49:

    sua perjuria per nostram poenam,

    id. Am. 3, 3, 21.—
    4.
    Of one's word or promise, to redeem, keep:

    verba sua,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 1.

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  • make amends (to somebody) (for something doing something) — make amends (to sb) (for sth/for doing sth) idiom to do sth for sb in order to show that you are sorry for sth wrong or unfair that you have done Syn: ↑make up for something • She tried to make amends for what she had said to her mother by buying …   Useful english dictionary

  • make amends (to somebody) (for for doing something) — make amends (to sb) (for sth/for doing sth) idiom to do sth for sb in order to show that you are sorry for sth wrong or unfair that you have done Syn: ↑make up for something • She tried to make amends for what she had said to her mother by buying …   Useful english dictionary

  • make amends — index propitiate, recoup (reimburse), redeem (satisfy debts), redress, refund, remedy, repay, repent …   Law dictionary

  • make amends — COMPENSATE, recompense, indemnify, make it up to; atone for, make up for, make good, expiate. → amends * * * make amends 1. To supply a loss 2. To compensate (for) • • • Main Entry: ↑amend make amends To render co …   Useful english dictionary

  • make amends — after all the pain I ve caused, is it possible to make amends? he s obviously trying to make amends for what he s done Syn: make good, atone, make up, indemnify, expiate …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • make amends — to do something because you did not do it when you should have. Wendi hopes that by winning today s match she will make amends to her fans for losing such an easy match yesterday. Usage notes: often followed by a phrase that begins with to, by,… …   New idioms dictionary

  • make amends for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …   Idioms and examples

  • make amends — verb To repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress. I hope they can stop fighting and make amends …   Wiktionary

  • make amends — apologize to someone you have hurt, make up for    What can I do to make amends for opening her personal mail? …   English idioms

  • make amends to — it s up to you to make amends to those you ve hurt Syn: compensate, recompense, redress, indemnify, make it up to …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • make amends — to try to make a situation better after you have done something wrong I wish I could make amends somehow …   English dictionary

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