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GRAT-if-eye/ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/

To gratify is to please someone or to satisfy a wish or feeling: gratify curiosity, a gratifying result. Please is everyday; satisfy is a close twin; gratitude (already in the dictionary) is the noun of thankfulness. A pleasing headline does not lift an embargo.

Meaning

To please someone, or to satisfy a wish or feeling.

Examples

• “A gratifying headline does not license an embargo breach.”
• “Please is everyday. Satisfy is the close twin. Indulge can be too much. Gratitude is already in this course. Comms like a bounce. A date on an embargo still binds. Keep the date; enjoy the headline after it lifts.”

Good to know

Please / satisfy a wish. Everyday: please. Noun cousin: gratitude (already in the dictionary). A bounce ≠ a lifted date.

Near in meaning

please

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