1560s, "to satisfy" (implied in satisficed), altered of satisfy by influence of its Latin root satisfacere. A Northern English colloquial word; modern use from c. 1956 may be an independent formation. Related: Satisficing.
optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice
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