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gratifiable

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grat⋅i⋅fy

  [grat-uh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
2. to satisfy; indulge; humor, as one's desires or appetites.
3. Obsolete. to reward; remunerate.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME gratifien < L grātificāre, equiv. to grāt(us) pleasing + -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy

Related forms:
grat⋅i⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
grat⋅i⋅fi⋅ed⋅ly  [grat-uh-fahy-id-lee, -fahyd-] , adverb
grat⋅i⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. please, delight, gladden. 1, 2. See humor.
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Word Origin & History

gratify 
c.1540, "to show gratitude to," from L. gratificari "to do favor to, oblige, gratify," from gratus "pleasing" (see grace) + root of facere "make, do, perform" (see factitious). Meaning "to give pleasure to" is from 1568.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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