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Thesaurus: gratify

To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.

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  1. v. t. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
  2. v. t. To requite; to recompense.
  3. v. make happy or satisfied
  4. v. yield (to); give satisfaction to
  5. v:100 v. yield (to); give satisfaction to