gratify
pronunciation
How to pronounce gratify in British English:
UK [ˈɡrætɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce gratify in American English:
US [ˈɡrætɪfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- make happy or satisfied
- yield (to); give satisfaction to
Word Origin
- gratify (v.)
- c. 1400, "to bestow grace upon;" 1530s, "to show gratitude to," from Latin gratificari "to do favor to, oblige, gratify," from gratus "pleasing" (see grace (n.)) + root of facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Meaning "to give pleasure to" is from 1560s. Related: Gratified; gratifying.
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Example
- 1. Popular cameras back then were rarely good enough to gratify any aesthetic pretensions .
- 2. The recipe for great work is : very exacting taste , plus the ability to gratify it .
- 3. In consumer culture , we are constantly conditioned to gratify our impulses immediately : buy , eat , watch , click - now .
- 4. She only wanted to gratify her own desire for attention , grant a few interviews where she would be praised and then return to her room to gorge herself on chocolate .
- 5. Through the imf and the wto , the us and europe can aim to gratify china 's desire for a bigger leadership role , while binding all countries to firmer rules on currencies and other policies with international spillovers .