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.

To use flattery or insincere praise.

praise somewhat dishonestly

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

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

Flatter. aka Course Finder Problem: Need a to search a large flat file on multiple fields quickly. Display the results and be able to save them. All this via the web. Lanuguages: perl, html, php OS: Linux, windows

A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.

A flat-faced fulling hammer.

One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

a similar handled tool used to smooth flat areas