gratify

English

Etymology

From French gratifier, from Latin gratificare (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from gratus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).

Verb

gratify (third-person singular simple present gratifies, present participle gratifying, simple past and past participle gratified)

  1. (transitive) To please.
  2. (transitive) To make content; to satisfy.

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Further reading

  • gratify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • gratify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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