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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’.



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