gratify
verb (used with object)
to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings.
had gratified
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past perfectof gratify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When arrested several suburbs away he was not perturbed, but said he had gratified a suppressed desire.
From Time Magazine Archive
So he had gratified as well as filled the poor father’s heart.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge
She had gratified his sentiment by the pleasure she had shown at his unexpected appearance, but his understanding remained unsatisfied.
From The Hillman by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
I had gratified, but by no means satisfied, my curiosity; and my attention was now necessarily turned from the sepulchres of the dead, towards the dwellings of the living.
From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by B. M. Norman
He had gratified his ambitions in shooting musk-oxen, but he had not killed a single polar bear.
From A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Booker T. Washington
