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gra⋅ti⋅fy⋅ing

  [grat-uh-fahy-ing]
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–adjective
tending to gratify; giving or causing satisfaction; pleasing.
Origin:
1605–15; gratify + -ing 2

Related forms:
grat⋅i⋅fy⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
See interesting.
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grat⋅i⋅fy

  [grat-uh-fahy]
–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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grat·i·fy   (grāt'ə-fī')   
tr.v.   grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies

  1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please.

  2. To give what is desired to; indulge: gratified her curiosity.

  3. Archaic To reward.


[Middle English gratifien, to favor, from Latin grātificārī : grātus, pleasing; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots + -ficārī, -fy.]
grat'i·fi'er n., grat'i·fy'ing adj., grat'i·fy'ing·ly adv.
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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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