Ingratiate Definition

ĭn-grāshē-āt
ingratiated, ingratiates, ingratiating
verb
To make acceptable; esp., to bring (oneself) into another's favor or good graces by conscious effort.
Webster's New World
To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; followed by to.
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Origin of Ingratiate

  • Perhaps from Italian ingraziare from in grazia into favor from Latin in grātiam in in in–2 grātiam accusative of grātia favor (from grātus pleasing gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested in 1622. From Italian ingraziare, which from ingratiare, which from in gratia, which from Latin in grātiam (into favour), which from grātus.

    From Wiktionary

Ingratiate Sentence Examples

  • The girl had spared no effort to ingratiate herself, not only with the empress, but with the grand-duke and the Russian people.

  • Maybe Señor Medena was trying to ingratiate himself with Alex.

  • Some employees dread the annual office party and consider it a fruitless waste of time where some employees huddle together in cliques while others try to ingratiate themselves with the boss.

  • Yes, one may so ingratiate oneself with a vulnerable person in the expectation of glory or to be left in their will.

  • It was with no very good grace that the king at length consented to give Pitt a place in the government, although the latter did all he could to ingratiate himself at court, by changing his tone on the questions on which he had made himself offensive.

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