FLATTER
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Flat"ter (flăt"t&etilde_;r), n. 1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.
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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.
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Flat"ter (flăt"t&etilde_;r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flattering.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. flaðra to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery.] 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.
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When I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.
Shak.
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A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net for his feet.
Prov. xxix. 5.
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Others he flattered by asking their advice.
Prescott.
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2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.
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3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.
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Flat"ter, v. i. To use flattery or insincere praise.
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If it may stand him more in stead to lie,
Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure.
Milton.
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