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Pronunciation : Flat"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

2. (Metal Working) (a) A flat-faced fulling hammer. (b) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Flat"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery.]
Definition : 1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle. When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered. Shak. A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov. xxix. 5. Others he flattered by asking their advice. Prescott.

2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.

3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.

t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flattering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Flat"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To use flattery or insincere praise. If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. Milton.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913