gratify
English
Etymology
From French gratifier, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Hyphenation: grat‧i‧fy
Verb
gratify (third-person singular simple present gratifies, present participle gratifying, simple past and past participle gratified)
- (transitive) To please.
- (transitive) To make content; to satisfy.
- gratify the critics
- gratify the voters
Synonyms
- gladden
Antonyms
- (please): anger, disquiet, fluster
Derived terms
- gratification
- gratifying
Translations
to please
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to make content, satisfy
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Further reading
- gratify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- gratify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911