gratify

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gratify/ˈɡratɪfʌɪ/

▶verb (gratifies, gratifying, gratified)

• 1 give pleasure or satisfaction to.

• 2 indulge or satisfy (a desire).

– derivatives
gratifier noun,
gratifying adjective,
gratifyingly adverb.

– origin ME: from Fr. gratifier or L. gratificari ‘give or do as a favour’, from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’.