1
[ verb ] make happy or satisfied

Synonyms

satisfy

Used in print

(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)

A need so deeply planted , asking for direction , so_to_speak , is likely to be gratified by the vivid examples and heroic proportions of literature .

2
[ verb ] yield (to); give satisfaction to

Synonyms

indulge pander

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