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Webster 1913 Edition
Gratification
Grat′i-fi-ca′tion
,Noun.
[L. gratificatio: cf. F. gratification.]
1.
The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite;
as, the
. gratification
of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart2.
That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gratification
GRATIFICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of pleasing, either the mind, the taste or the appetite. We speak of the gratification of the taste or the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the mind, soul or heart.2.
That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; delight. It is not easy to renounce gratifications to which we are accustomed.3.
Reward; recompense.Definition 2024
gratification
gratification
English
Noun
gratification (countable and uncountable, plural gratifications)
- The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
- the gratification of the palate
- the gratification of the heart
- Something that causes pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
- A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
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Translations
act of gratifying, or pleasing
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that which affords pleasure
reward; recompense; gratuity
External links
- gratification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- gratification in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- gratification at OneLook Dictionary Search