Gratify /(?)/

Grat·i·fy

Gratify

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Gratified; p. pr. & vb. n. Gratifying

  1. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
    For who would die to gratify a foe?
  2. To requite; to recompense. [Obs.]
    It remains . . . To gratify his noble service.