gratify

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) gratifier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) gratificare, from (deprecated template usage) gratus + (deprecated template usage) facere.

Verb

gratify (third-person singular simple present gratif, present participle ies, simple past and past participle gratified)

To please.
To make content, to satisfy.

Synonyms

gladden, queem

Derived terms

Antonyms

To anger, disquiet, fluster, intimidate, or any of the like

Translations

to please

Armenian: գոհացնել (gohacʻnel)
Chinese: 使/让（……）高兴 (zh)
Finnish: ilahduttaa, miellyttää (fi)
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Russian: угожда́ть (ru) impf (ugoždátʹ), угоди́ть (ru) pf (ugodítʹ), ублажа́ть (ru) impf (ublažátʹ), ублажи́ть (ru) pf (ublažítʹ)

to make content, satisfy

Chinese: 使/让（……）满足 (zh)
Finnish: tyydyttää (fi)
Japanese: 満足させる (ja) (まんぞくさせる, manzoku saseru), 満たす (みたす, mitasu)
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Russian: удовлетворя́ть (ru) impf (udovletvorjátʹ), удовлетвори́ть (ru) pf (udovletvorítʹ)
Swedish: tillfredsställa (sv)

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French: ^{(please verify)} gratifier (fr)
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External links

“gratify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“gratify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.