gratified
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əˌfaɪ verb (used with object), grat·i·fied, grat·i·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; Middle English gratifien < Latin grātificāre, equivalent to grāt(us) pleasing + -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy
1350–1400; Middle English gratifien < Latin grātificāre, equivalent to grāt(us) pleasing + -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy
Related forms
grat·i·fi·a·ble, adjective
grat·i·fi·er, noun
o·ver·grat·i·fy, verb (used with object), o·ver·grat·i·fied, o·ver·grat·i·fy·ing.
pre·grat·i·fy, verb (used with object), pre·grat·i·fied, pre·grat·i·fy·ing.
su·per·grat·i·fy, verb (used with object), su·per·grat·i·fied, su·per·grat·i·fy·ing.
un·grat·i·fi·a·ble, adjective
un·grat·i·fied, adjective
well-grat·i·fied, adjective
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | to satisfy or please |
| 2. | to yield to or indulge (a desire, whim, etc) |
| 3. | obsolete to reward |
| [C16: from Latin grātificārī to do a favour to, from grātus grateful + facere to make] | |
| 'gratifier | |
| —n | |
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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.
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Example sentences
It would have gratified him to see his ideas so thoroughly tested and to see so many of them confirmed.
My anarchic heart can't help but be gratified at these findings.
String theorists would be gratified by its discovery, but that would not prove their case.
Here you have a choice, depending on how distressed or gratified you would be if he or she were to leave.
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