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Definition of Gratify

1. Verb. Make happy or satisfied. "The performance is likely to gratify Sue"

2. Verb. Yield (to); give satisfaction to. "Sam cannot gratify Sue "

Definition of Gratify

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Gratify

1. Verb. To please. ¹

2. Verb. To make content, to satisfy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gratify

1. to satisfy [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: satisfy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gratify

grates graticulate graticulated graticulating graticulation graticulations graticule graticules gratification gratifications

gratified gratifiedly gratifier gratifiers gratifies gratify (current term) gratifying gratifyingly gratin gratinate

gratinated gratinates gratinating gratine gratinee gratineed gratineeing gratinees grating gratingly

Literary usage of Gratify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"Every privilege that could raise the proselyte from earth to heaven, that could exalt his devotion, secure his happiness, or even gratify that secret pride, ..."

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