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ingratiates

ingratiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ingratiate.

Meaning of ingratiate

Verb

ingratiate (third-person singular simple present ingratiates, present participle ingratiating, simple past and past participle ingratiated)

  1. (reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.
    • [H]e considered this offering an homage to his merits, and an attempt on the part of the heiress to ingratiate herself into his priceless affections.1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Mr. Donne’s Exodus”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 108
  2. (with-to) To recommend; to render easy or agreeable.
    • What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not ingratiate to us?c. 1650, Henry Hammond, "Sermon XIII" in Miscellaneous Theological Works of Henry Hammond, Volume 3 (1850 edition), p. 283 (Google preview)

Questions about ingratiates

What is ingratiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ingratiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ingratiate.

Words near ingratiates in the dictionary

  1. ingratefulness
  2. ingrately
  3. ingrates
  4. ingratiate
  5. ingratiated
  6. ingratiates
  7. ingratiating
  8. ingratiatingly
  9. ingratiation
  10. ingratiations
  11. ingratiative

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