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# gratify

«gratify» in Mova's school dictionary: **to please someone or make them happy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (gratifies, gratified, gratifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) to please someone or make them happy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratify/#m1)

2) to give someone what they want or wish for [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratify/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a king or lady grants wishes to please the person who asks: I will gratify you with pearls

### examples

- But if you like pearls, madam, I will soon gratify you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratify/#x1)
- Nothing could gratify my wishes more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratify/#x2)
- It gratifies me to see you smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratify/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be abundantly gratified.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.353/)
- [He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be abundantly gratified.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.829/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gratify» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gratify/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.