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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gratify \Grat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gratified}; p. pr & vb n. {Gratifying}.] [F. gratifier, L. gratificari gratus pleasing + -ficare (in comp.) to make See {-fy}.] 1. To please; to give pleasure to to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses the desires, the mind, etc For who would die to gratify a foe? --Dryden. 2. To requite; to recompense. [Obs.] It remains . . . To gratify his noble service. --Shak. Syn: To indulge; humor please; delight; requite; recompense. Usage: To {Gratify}, {Indulge}, {Humor.} Gratify, is the generic term, and has reference simply to the pleasure communicated. To indulge a person implies that we concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses which he could not claim, and which had better, perhaps, be spared. To humor is to adapt ourselves to the varying moods, and perhaps, caprices, of others We gratify a child by showing him the sights of a large city; we indulge him in some extra expense on such an occasion; we humor him when he is tired and exacting. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gratifying adj 1: giving pleasure or satisfaction [syn: {appreciated}, {pleasing}, {satisfying}] 2: occasioning pride; "a gratifying (or proud) achievement" 3: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn: {sweet}] 4: affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read" [syn: {enjoyable}, {pleasurable}]
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