CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRATIFY
PRESENT
Present
I gratify
you gratify
he/she/it gratifies
we gratify
you gratify
they gratify
Present continuous
I am gratifying
you are gratifying
he/she/it is gratifying
we are gratifying
you are gratifying
they are gratifying
Present perfect
I have gratified
you have gratified
he/she/it has gratified
we have gratified
you have gratified
they have gratified
Present perfect continuous
I have been gratifying
you have been gratifying
he/she/it has been gratifying
we have been gratifying
you have been gratifying
they have been gratifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I gratified
you gratified
he/she/it gratified
we gratified
you gratified
they gratified
Past continuous
I was gratifying
you were gratifying
he/she/it was gratifying
we were gratifying
you were gratifying
they were gratifying
Past perfect
I had gratified
you had gratified
he/she/it had gratified
we had gratified
you had gratified
they had gratified
Past perfect continuous
I had been gratifying
you had been gratifying
he/she/it had been gratifying
we had been gratifying
you had been gratifying
they had been gratifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will gratify
you will gratify
he/she/it will gratify
we will gratify
you will gratify
they will gratify
Future continuous
I will be gratifying
you will be gratifying
he/she/it will be gratifying
we will be gratifying
you will be gratifying
they will be gratifying
Future perfect
I will have gratified
you will have gratified
he/she/it will have gratified
we will have gratified
you will have gratified
they will have gratified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gratifying
you will have been gratifying
he/she/it will have been gratifying
we will have been gratifying
you will have been gratifying
they will have been gratifying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would gratify
you would gratify
he/she/it would gratify
we would gratify
you would gratify
they would gratify
Conditional continuous
I would be gratifying
you would be gratifying
he/she/it would be gratifying
we would be gratifying
you would be gratifying
they would be gratifying
Conditional perfect
I would have gratify
you would have gratify
he/she/it would have gratify
we would have gratify
you would have gratify
they would have gratify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gratifying
you would have been gratifying
he/she/it would have been gratifying
we would have been gratifying
you would have been gratifying
they would have been gratifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you gratify
we let´s gratify
you gratify
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
gratified
Present Participle
gratifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
8 QUOTES WITH «GRATIFY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
gratify.
Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy.
You know that we have a great variety of ways to gratify our own desires.
And if we are in this state, if we had an eternity of probation, what reason have we to suppose that we should profit by it - if we had ever so long a time to chose for ourselves we should pursue our own will, to gratify our carnal I desires.
My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.
A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and the reader will find a something said to that purpose in perusing this tract.
I was pleasantly disappointed on entering Bohemia. Instead of a dull, uninteresting country, as I expected, it is a land full of the most lovely scenery. There is every thing which can gratify the eye - high blue mountains, valleys of the sweetest pastoral look and romantic old ruins.
It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRATIFY»
Discover the use of
gratify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gratify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Media, Communication, Culture: A Global Approach
So, to watch TV, write an email letter, listen to music, attend a party, check out
some websites, or call someone on the phone could all potentially gratify one or
more needs. The person may try several alternatives before succeeding. So,
need ...
2
Leo Strauss On Plato's Symposium
As Pausanias was saying just now, it is noble to gratify the good of human beings
and disgraceful to gratify the dissolute; so too in bodies themselves, it is noble to
gratify (and one should) the good and healthy things of tlie body of each, and ...
Leo Strauss, Seth Benardete, 2003
3
The Biblical repositor (and quarterly observer) [afterw.] ...
But to make motive the producing cause of volition, there must be a particular
kind of desire that has a volition to gratify, as the invariable sequent. For, if some
desires sometimes have a volition to gratify, as a sequent, and the same desires
...
4
Culture and Human Nature
Subsequently those objects or events which gratify the drive may become
cathected so that they function as goals. When this happens behavior is
motivated by the desire not merely to gratify a drive, but to gratify it by attaining a
particular goal.
Melford Elliott Spiro, Benjamin Killborne, L. Lewis L. Langness
5
The Christian Journal of a Sabbath-Day by John Brown, to ...
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6
The Constitution of Man considered in relation to External ...
George COMBE (Phrenologist.) acquisition of wealth, of power and distinction, or
of animal pleasure: in other words, the great object of the labouring classes, is to
live and gratify the inferior pr0¢ pensities; of the mercantile and manufacturing ...
George COMBE (Phrenologist.), 1835
7
The Internal World and Attachment
The dismissing attachment strategy consists of dismissing others' abilities to
gratify one's own attachment needs and attempting to gratify those needs through
self-sufficiency and maintaining an attitude of invulnerability. The preoccupied ...
8
Texas Advance Sheet February 2012
other than the required specific intent to arouse or gratify. The jury was thus
correctly instructed of the elements of the offense. Next, however, as noted, the
charge included the definitions of intentional and knowing. As noted also, the ...
9
The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy: An ...
do, either concerning his children or anything else, so that they may gratify him (
115bl-4l. The father .Crito (58b7l naturally assumes that the father Socrates is at
least somewhat concerned about the future of his soon-to-be- orphaned sons
and ...
Peter J. Ahrensdorf, 1995
10
An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry Into the ...
These are not the " active principles," or the " motive powers," as they have been
called ; they are the ends of our acting : we simply act in order to gratify them.
They exert no influence over the will, much less is the will controlled by them ;
and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRATIFY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gratify is used in the context of the following news items.
Everyone knows that a mother's place is in the wrong
Yes, the mothers who abandoned them to strangers in order to gratify their desire to work outside the home. What the guilt-inducing headlines ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Generate renewable power and protect birds
... and put little faith in American ingenuity to find less destructive ways for renewable energy plants to gratify our insatiable desire for power. «Greenville News, Jul 15»
Man sentenced for sexual abuse of toddler
... 2014 to gratify his sexual desires, according to Gina Balaya, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Michigan. «The Morning Sun, Jul 15»
Gang-gang. 100 Years Ago. War's tickets on itself
But as long as men who wield influence are permitted to gratify their own selfish ambitions at the expense of the many fools who carry the ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'BellyFunkShun'
... from the '70s and psychotropic projections, come gratify yourself. This is what Fringe is about: exploratory artists and adventurous audiences. «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»
'The First American'
“If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be loved for philanthropy, can gratify the ... «Leader and Times, Jul 15»
Belga Is the Best Reason to Hit the Marina
My other dinner date found it contrived, but I countered that since the entire menu is so thought-out, Belga is not going to gratify you at the end ... «SF Weekly, Jul 15»
Impulse Buying: Are You Guilty?
Basically, in one instant, you're ready to shove your money at the store just to gratify that impulse. Whew! Sounds pretty impactful, no? It's hard ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
Hello Kitty supports Sheriff Woody at his groping trial
“Was it your intent to gratify your sexual pleasure?” “No,” Vasquez said. Vasquez was busted Jan. 9, 2014, after undercover cops allegedly ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
Latest Formula One videogame F1 2015 revs up the virtual fun with …
... have run rampant with the new firepower, promising enough technical upgrades and fresh features to gratify even the most geeky gamer. «The National, Jul 15»
