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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
gratify
 
SYLLABICATION:grat·i·fy
PRONUNCIATION:  grt-f
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: 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.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English gratifien, to favor, from Latin grtificr : grtus, pleasing; see gwer-2 in Appendix I + -ficr, -fy.
OTHER FORMS:grati·fier —NOUN
grati·fying —ADJECTIVE
grati·fying·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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