to flatter
1flatter — [ flate ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • XIIe; aussi flater, flatir « jeter à plat »; du frq. °flat « plat » I ♦ A ♦ (Sujet personne; compl. être animé) 1 ♦ Louer excessivement ou faussement (qqn), pour plaire, séduire. ⇒ aduler, encenser,… …
2Flatter-Binse — (Juncus effusus) Systematik Monokotyledonen Commeliniden …
3Flatter-Milchling — (Lactarius tabidus) Systematik Klasse: Agaricomycetes Unterklasse …
4flatter yourself — phrase to persuade yourself that you are better, more attractive, more important etc than you are He liked to flatter himself that she was in love with him. Thesaurus: to think you are importantsynonym Main entry: flatter * * * flatter yourself …
5Flatter — Flat ter (fl[a^]t t[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flattering}.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla[eth]ra to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf. {Flitter}, {Flutter}, {Flattery}.] …
6Flatter-Rüster — Flatter Ulme Flatter Ulme (Ulmus laevis) Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) Unterkla …
7Flatter-Ulme — (Ulmus laevis) Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) Unterkla …
8Flatter — Flat ter, v. i. To use flattery or insincere praise. [1913 Webster] If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
9flatter — (v.) early 13c., from O.Fr. flater to flatter (13c.), originally stroke with the hand, caress, from Frankish *flat palm, flat of the hand (see FLAT (Cf. flat) (adj.)). [O]ne of many onomatopoeic verbs beginning with fl and denoting unsteady or… …
10flatter — [v1] compliment excessively adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up*, butter up*, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to*, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick*, massage, oil*, overpraise …
