gratify
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French gratifier, from Latin gratificare (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from gratus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).
Verb [edit]
gratify (third-person singular simple present gratifies, present participle gratifying, simple past and past participle gratified)
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to please
to make content, satisfy
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External links [edit]
- gratify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- gratify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
