Gratify Definition

grătə-fī
gratified, gratifies, gratifying
verb
gratified, gratifies, gratifying
To please or satisfy.
My good grades gratify my parents.
American Heritage
To give pleasure or satisfaction.
Webster's New World
To give in to; indulge; humor.
Webster's New World
To reward.
Webster's New World

To please.

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Origin of Gratify

  • Middle English gratifien to favor from Latin grātificārī grātus pleasing gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots -ficārī -fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Gratify Sentence Examples

  • But Charles owed a grudge against Holland, and he was determined to gratify it.

  • To gratify his own imagination or strike the imagination of the world he took his army over the Danube and burnt a settlement of the Getae upon the other side.

  • I will present from you the book you desire to the Royal Society, Mr Boyle, Mr Paget, Mr Flamsteed, and if there be any else in town that you design to gratify that way; and I have sent you to bestow on your friends in the University 20 copies, which I entreat you to accept.

  • Being accustomed to gratify every sensation as it arises, they endure thirst, hunger, want of food and bodily discomfort badly.

  • When favourable opportunities occur, it often kills many more victims than it can devour at once, either to gratify its propensity for killing or for the sake of their fresh blood.

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