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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gratify \grat"ify\, v. t. imp. p. p. gratified; p. pr.
vb. n. gratifying. f. gratifier, l. gratificari; gratus
pleasing + -ficare in comp. to make. see -fy.
1. to please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to
indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the
senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
1913 webster
for who would die to gratify a foe? --dryden.
1913 webster
2. to requite; to recompense. obs.
1913 webster
it remains . . .
to gratify his noble service. --shak.
syn: to indulge; humor please; delight; requite; recompense.
usage: to gratify, indulge, humor. gratify, is the
generic term, and has reference simply to the pleasure
communicated. to indulge a person implies that we
concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses
which he could not claim, and which had better,
perhaps, be spared. to humor is to adapt ourselves to
the varying moods, and, perhaps, caprices, of others.
we gratify a child by showing him the sights of a
large city; we indulge him in some extra expense on
such an occasion; we humor him when he is tired and
exacting.
1913 webster
see also:
gratified gratifying -fy gratify indulge humor.
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
gratify
v 1: make happy or satisfied syn: satisfy ant: dissatisfy
2: yield to; give satisfaction to syn: pander, indulge
also: gratified
see also:
satisfy dissatisfy pander indulge gratified
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
56 moby thesaurus words for "gratify":
achieve inner harmony, allay, appease, assuage, baby, board, bread,
cater to, cheer, coddle, compensate, content, cosset, delectate,
delight, dine, do proud, elate, favor, feast, feed, flush, fodder,
forage, give way to, gladden, grass, graze, happify, humor,
indulge, make proud, meat, mess, mollycoddle, oblige, pamper,
pasture, please, pleasure, provision, put at ease, quench,
recompense, regale, requite, reward, sate, satiate, satisfy,
set at ease, slake, spoil, sustain, wine and dine, yield to
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