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Traditional English :: gratify
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gratify.html - v.tr. (-fies, -fied) 1 a please, delight. b please by compliance; assent to the wish of. 2 indulge in or yield to (a feeling or desire). gratification n. gratifier n. gratifying adj. gratifyingly adv. [F gratifier or L gratificari do a favour to, make a present of, f. gratus pleasing] |
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Traditional English :: graticule
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gratify.html - n. 1 fine lines or fibres incorporated in a telescope or other optical instrument as a measuring scale or as an aid in locating objects. 2 Surveying a network of lines on paper representing meridians and parallels. [F f. med.L graticula for craticula gridiron f. L cratis hurdle] |
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Traditional English :: gratify
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gratify.html - v.tr. (-fies, -fied) 1 a please, delight. b please by compliance; assent to the wish of. 2 indulge in or yield to (a feeling or desire). gratification n. gratifier n. gratifying adj. gratifyingly adv. [F gratifier or L gratificari do a favour to, make a present of, f. gratus pleasing] |
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Traditional English :: grating(1)
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gratify.html - adj. 1 sounding harsh or discordant (a grating laugh). 2 having an irritating effect. |
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Traditional English :: grating(2)
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gratify.html - n. 1 a framework of parallel or crossed metal bars. 2 Optics a set of parallel wires, lines ruled on glass, etc., for producing spectra by diffraction. |
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Traditional English :: gratis
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gratify.html - adv. & adj.
free; without charge. [L, contracted ablat. pl. of gratia favour] |
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