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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/
- Hyphenation: grat‧i‧fy
Verb
gratify (third-person singular simple present gratifies, present participle gratifying, simple past and past participle gratified)
- (transitive) To please.
- Synonyms: happify, gladden; see also Thesaurus:gladden
- Antonyms: anger, disquiet, fluster
- (transitive) To make content; to satisfy.
- Synonyms: conciliate, placate; see also Thesaurus:satisfy
- Antonyms: discontent, dissatisfy
gratify the critics
gratify the voters
Derived terms
Translations
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Further reading
- “gratify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “gratify”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.