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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; 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), -fied, -fy·ing.
pre·grat·i·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
EXPANDsu·per·grat·i·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
un·grat·i·fi·a·ble, adjective
un·grat·i·fied, adjective
well-grat·i·fied, adjective
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Gratifier
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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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