Definition of Ingratiate. Meaning of Ingratiate. Synonyms of Ingratiate

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Definition of Ingratiate

Ingratiate
Ingratiate In*gra"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingratiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingratiating.] [Pref. in- in + L. gratia. See Grace.] 1. To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought. Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with Philip and his pupil. --Budgell. 2. To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by to. [Obs.] --Dr. J. Scott. What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not ingratiate to us? --Hammond.
Ingratiate
Ingratiate In*gra"ti*ate, v. i. To gain favor. [R.] --Sir W. Temple.

Meaning of Ingratiate from wikipedia

- attractiveness of one's personal qualities." Ingratiation research has identified some specific tactics of employing ingratiation: Complimentary Other-Enhancement:...
- Please Myself, also translated as Ingratiate Oneself (Cantonese: 討好 自己; Tou2 hou2 zi6 gei2 Jyutping), is the eighth Cantonese studio album by Chinese recording...
- Sheryl. After the taping, Rodney and Sheryl go out for drinks. He tries to ingratiate himself to her by showing familiarity with the plays she talks about,...
- representative of these ideals. An intensely private person, Verdi did not s**** to ingratiate himself with po****r movements. As he became professionally successful...
- a young woman at a preparatory school in 1980s New York City and her ingratiation with a group of elite peers. It was released by Lionsgate in 2001. Catherine...
- Party functionaries readily carried out their commands and sought to ingratiate themselves with Stalin, to avoid becoming victims. Such functionaries...
- teenage basketball phenom Danny Grossman. In order to pay back a debt, he ingratiates himself with NBA basketball player Stephen Curry, who plays himself....
- March plays Sook Hee, a mixed-race ("honhyol") North Korean agent who ingratiates herself into the household of Colonel Greg Finn (Stephen Mendel), stationed...
- October 2024. "World Cup Kits: When Bolivia wore Uruguayan shirts to ingratiate fans". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014...
- their military bases in Libya and fearing further instability. Hoping to ingratiate themselves with Gaddafi, in 1970 the US informed him of at least one planned...