/ ˈgrætɪfaɪ; NAmE / verb ( grati·fies , grati·fy·ing , grati·fied , grati·fied )
1.
( formal ) to please or satisfy sb :
[ vn to inf ]
It gratified him to think that it was all his work.
[ vn ]
I was gratified by their invitation.
2.
[ vn ] ( formal ) to satisfy a wish, need, etc. :
He only gave his consent in order to gratify her wishes.
► grati·fied adjective [ not usually before noun ] gratified (at sth) | gratified (to find, hear, see, etc.) :
She was gratified to find that they had followed her advice.
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense make pleasing ): from French gratifier or Latin gratificari give or do as a favour, from gratus pleasing, thankful.