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▸ verb:  To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
▸ verb:  To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.
▸ verb:  To portray someone to advantage.
▸ verb:  To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
▸ verb:  (usually reflexive) To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is false.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) In phrasal verb "to flatter with": to encourage, inspire with hope.
▸ noun:  A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
▸ noun:  A flat-faced fulling hammer.
▸ noun:  A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
▸ noun:  Someone who flattens, purposely or accidentally. Also flattener.
▸ noun:  (British, New Zealand, slang) Someone who lives in a rented flat.

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