gratify
verb (used with object)
to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings.
have gratified
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present perfectof gratify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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On the flip side, would “Barbie” have gratified audiences as much as it did if the script hadn’t been conceived and evolved by Greta Gerwig and her partner Noah Baumbach, a pair of independent filmmakers?
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024
Mattis’s resignation in December 2018 appears to have gratified Bolton.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2020
That statement probably would have gratified the father Graham describes as a humble man who wanted to keep the focus on God.
From Washington Times ● May 4, 2018
Perhaps, there would be no incursion now if they could have gratified national self-esteem by reaching, say, the semi-finals.
From Forbes ● Jul. 16, 2014
The inclination I had felt for the sea was by this time done away, or I might now have gratified it.
From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Franklin
