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Definition of Gratifying

Gratifying
Gratify Grat"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gratified; p. pr. & vb. n. Gratifying.] [F. gratifier, L. gratificari; gratus pleasing + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] 1. 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. For who would die to gratify a foe? --Dryden. 2. To requite; to recompense. [Obs.] It remains . . . To gratify his noble service. --Shak. Syn: To indulge; humor please; delight; requite; recompense. Usage: To Gratify, Indulge, Humor. Gratify, is the generic term, and has reference simply to the pleasure communicated. To indulge a person implies that we concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses which he could not claim, and which had better, perhaps, be spared. To humor is to adapt ourselves to the varying moods, and, perhaps, caprices, of others. We gratify a child by showing him the sights of a large city; we indulge him in some extra expense on such an occasion; we humor him when he is tired and exacting.

Meaning of Gratifying from wikipedia

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- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors has been viewed as one of the most vivid and gratifying films of Soviet cinema as well as an exceedingly unorthodox one. The storyline...
- cases where the producer paid the actors for the purpose of ****ually gratifying themselves or other actors, could the producer be charged with pandering...
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- where they lost a 39–36 shootout to Widener. At Princeton, Navarro's most gratifying season was in 1981 when the Tigers finished 5–4–1, including a stunning...
- duds and makes for a decent watch with its fine share of emotionally gratifying moments". Jayabhuvaneshwari B of Cinema Express gave 3/5 stars and wrote...
- in his estate: "I have no objection to any sober or orderly person's gratifying their curiosity in viewing the buildings, Gardens, &ca. about Mount Vernon...
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- destroy the ego in an effort to unify the Freudian id and super-ego, gratifying the most base desires the **** can express while ignoring or completely...