gratify

Universal Words verb (gratifies, gratifying, gratified, gratified) 1 (written) to please or satisfy sb: [VNtoinf] It gratified him to think that it was all his work. * [VN] I was gratified by their invitation. 2 [VN] (formal) to satisfy a wish, need, etc: He only gave his consent in order to gratify her wishes. gratified adjective [notusuallybeforenoun] ~ (at sth)