Gratify Definition

grătə-fī
gratified, gratifies, gratifying
verb
gratified, gratifies, gratifying
To please or satisfy.
My good grades gratify my parents.
American Heritage
To give pleasure or satisfaction.
Webster's New World
To give in to; indulge; humor.
Webster's New World
To reward.
Webster's New World

To please.

Wiktionary

Origin of Gratify

  • Middle English gratifien to favor from Latin grātificārī grātus pleasing gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots -ficārī -fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French gratifier, from Latin gratificare (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from gratus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).

    From Wiktionary

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