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flatter Verb 1. to praise insincerely, esp. in order to win favour 2. to show to advantage: she wore a simple green cotton dress which she knew flattered her 3. to make (a person) appear more attractive than in reality: a portrait that flattered him 4. to cater to the vanity of (a person): I was flattered by her praise 5. flatter oneself to believe, perhaps mistakenly, something good about oneself [Old French flater to lick, fawn upon] flatterer n
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If you are a civilian, the windows of this house flatter you worse than a newspaper, but if you're a soldier, they do you a grave injustice. It was creditable to have a sister married, and she might flatter herself with having been greatly instrumental to the connexion, by keeping Anne with her in the autumn; and as her own sister must be better than her husband's sisters, it was very agreeable that Captain Wentworth should be a richer man than either Captain Benwick or Charles Hayter. My Father's house is situated in Bedfordshire, my Aunt's in Middlesex, and tho' I flatter myself with being a tolerable proficient in Geography, I know not how it happened, but I found myself entering this beautifull Vale which I find is in South Wales, when I had expected to have reached my Aunts. |
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