Gratify, 1) to show love to, to give pleasure to: “to g. the table with a grace,” LLL IV, 2, 161. “g. this gentleman,” Merch. IV, 1, 406*Shr. I, 2, 273. “to g. the good Andronicus,” Tit. I, 220. “to g. your honourable youth,” IV, 2, 12. “the which when any shall not g.” Per. I, 4, 101.
2) to requite: “to g. his noble service,” Cor. II, 2, 44. “she did g. his amorous works with that recognizance,” Oth. V, 2, 213. “in these feared hopes I barely g. your love,” Cymb. II, 4, 7.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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