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ingratiate

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in·gra·ti·ate  (n-grsh-t)
tr.v. in·gra·ti·at·ed, in·gra·ti·at·ing, in·gra·ti·ates
To bring (oneself, for example) into the favor or good graces of another, especially by deliberate effort: She quickly sought to ingratiate herself with the new administration.

[Perhaps from Italian ingraziare, from in grazia, into favor, from Latin in grtiam : in, in; see in-2 + grtiam, accusative of grtia, favor (from grtus, pleasing; see gwer-2 in Indo-European roots).]

in·grati·ation n.
in·grati·a·tory (-sh--tôr, -tr) adj.

ingratiate
Verb
[-ating, -ated] to act in order to bring (oneself) into favour (with someone) [Latin in- in + gratia favour]
ingratiating adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.ingratiate - gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
keep in line, control, manipulate - control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"
cotton up, cozy up, shine up, sidle up, suck up, play up - ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"

ingratiate
verb
ingratiate yourself with someone get on the right side of, court, win over, flatter, pander to, crawl to, play up to, get in with, suck up to (informal) curry favour with, grovel to, keep someone sweet, lick someone's boots, fawn to, toady to, seek someone's favour, rub someone up the right way (informal) be a yes man to, insinuate yourself with
Translations
ingratiate [ɪnˈgreɪʃɪeɪt] vt to ingratiate o.s. with → congraciarse con
ingratiate [ɪnˈgreɪʃɪeɪt] vt to ingratiate o.s. with → s'insinuer dans les bonnes grâces de, se faire bien voir de
ingratiate [ɪnˈgreɪʃɪeɪt] vt to ingratiate o.s. with sb → sich bei jdm einschmeicheln
ingratiate [ɪnˈgreɪʃɪeɪt] vt to ingratiate o.s. with sb → ingraziarsi qn


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The highest society then consisted, and I think always consist, of four sorts of people: rich people who are received at Court, people not wealthy but born and brought up in Court circles, rich people who ingratiate themselves into the Court set, and people neither rich nor belonging to the Court but who ingratiate themselves into the first and second sets.
My object in writing the following pages was not simply to amuse the Reader; neither was it to gratify my own taste, nor yet to ingratiate myself with the Press and the Public: I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.
You declare that you are afraid of nothing and at the same time try to ingratiate yourself in our good opinion.
 
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