gratify
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Etymology edit
From French gratifier, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).
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Verb edit
gratify (third-person singular simple present gratifies, present participle gratifying, simple past and past participle gratified)
- (transitive) To please.
- (transitive) To make content; to satisfy.
- gratify the critics
- gratify the voters
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to please
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to make content, satisfy
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Further reading edit
- “gratify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “gratify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.