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Definition of gratify:

To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
To requite; to recompense.

Synonyms:

luxuriate, entertain, make someone's day, enliven, lift, gladden, feast, mollycoddle, glad, content, suit, overjoy, pamper, procure, give, happy, satisfy, hearten, occupy, coddle, uplift, excite, baby, interest, gas, brighten (up) someone's day/life, warm, disport, enchant, divert, do someone's heart good, joy, agree, bring a smile to your face/lips, tickle, indulge, pimp, pleasure, recreate, resist, rejoice, spoil, humor, amuse, live up to, fulfil, featherbed, cater, fulfill, humor, cosset, cocker, meet, like, beguile, pander.

please (part of speech: verb)
- delight,
- please,
- satisfy,
- exhilarate,
- cheer
satisfy (part of speech: verb)
- appease,
- slake,
- glut,
- satiate,
- gorge,
- quench,
- stuff,
- satisfy,
- sate,
- saturate,
- allay,
- engorge,
- fill

Usage examples:

She put the cup to her lips, to gratify the benevolence of her host, but her anxious spirit was too much occupied in the concerns dearest to her heart, to feel any wants of the body; and turning to the knight, she briefly related what had been the design of her father with regard to Sir William Wallace; how he had been seized at Bothwell, and sent with his family a prisoner to Dumbarton Castle.

- "The Scottish Chiefs", Jane Porter.
Herbert had a natural taste for hunting, though, at home, having no gun of his own, he had not been able to gratify his taste as much as he desired.

- "Do and Dare A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune", Horatio Alger, Jr..
I can gratify my desire for excitement and adventure with perfect safety.

- "The Redemption of David Corson", Charles Frederic Goss.