Flattered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flatter \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}.]
     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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