v.tr. (-fies, -fied)
1. a please, delight. b please by compliance; assent to the wish of.
2 indulge in or yield to (a feeling or desire).
Derivatives:
gratification n. gratifier n. gratifying adj. gratifyingly adv.
Etymology: F gratifier or L gratificari do a favour to, make a present of, f. gratus pleasing