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 →

2) to give someone what they want or wish for tree →

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 →
• Nothing could gratify my wishes more. tree →
• It gratifies me to see you smile. tree →

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.
• He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be abundantly gratified.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gratify» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.