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
He had gratified no tastes, had known no luxury; he had built no gorgeous palaces, had formed no splendid galleries out of these ‘immense sums.’
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad
The countess seemed disposed to consent, for the words of Madame de Fleury had gratified as much as they astonished her.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie
An intense worshiper of Nature, I had gratified to the utmost my passion and curiosity by exploring all the accessible regions of the old world.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various
In an evil moment they had gratified his insatiable curiosity as to the object of their voyage to India, which was to visit and report upon the missionary work of their community.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
