Ingratiating
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ingratiate \In*gra"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingratiated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingratiating}.] [Pref. in- in + L. gratia.
See {Grace}.]
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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.
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Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with
Philip and his pupil. --Budgell.
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2. To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by
to. [Obs.] --Dr. J. Scott.
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What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not
ingratiate to us? --Hammond.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingratiating":
abject, adulatory, apple-polishing, backscratching, beggarly,
bland, bootlicking, brown-nosing, buttery, cajoling, cowering,
crawling, cringing, crouching, deferential, disarming, fair-spoken,
fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, footlicking, fulsome, glib,
groveling, hangdog, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, insinuating,
insinuative, mealymouthed, obeisant, obsequious, oily,
oily-tongued, on bended knee, parasitic, prostrate, saccharine,
servile, silken, silky, slimy, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken,
smooth-tongued, smug, sniveling, soapy, soft-spoken, sponging,
suave, suave-spoken, sugary, sycophantic, timeserving, toadeating,
toadying, toadyish, truckling, unctuous, wheedling
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