gratify
verb (used with object)
to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings.
gratifies
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present tense formof gratify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This outcome is rare in the contemporary dating scene, but “Heated Rivalry” gratifies the hope that such a future is possible.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
He renamed the site Hacker News, and expanded its focus to include “anything that good hackers would find interesting . . . anything that gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2019
“This work is the one that crowns all my hopes and gratifies all my ambitions.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2019
We're not in the same sport exactly, but it's the same milieu, and the fact that tour players know who I am and respect what I do gratifies me to no end.
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 13, 2018
Saturn, the αγχυλομητις, finds a remedy, and gratifies his grand-daughter.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
