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Definition of Gratifies
1. gratify [v] - See also: gratify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gratifies
Literary usage of Gratifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"One gratifies his desires or appetites and indulges his ... A person who is ш
search of pleasure gratifies his desires as they rise; he lives for the ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"body nor the mind should be kept to the same food; variety not only gratifies
the taste but quickens the appetite. ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"A person who is in search of pleasure gratifies hie desires as they rise ; he
lives for the gratification, and depends upon it for his happiness. ..."
4. The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Charles Strachey, Annette Calthrop (1901)
"A real man of fashion and pleasures observes decency : at least neither borrows
nor affects vices; and if he unfortunately has any, he gratifies them with ..."
5. Sermons and Essays by John Maclaurin, John Gillies (1811)
"It should also be observed, that society, in serious devotion, gratifies various
good desires, that are necessarily included in the love we owe to God and ..."
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