Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ingratiate
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Ingratiate
ingratiate
transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: 2in- + Latin gratia grace Date: 1621 to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort — usually used with with ~ themselves with the community leaders — William Attwood • ingratiation noun • ingratiatory adjective
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1.
v.refl. (usu. foll. by with) bring oneself into favour. Derivatives ingratiating adj. ingratiatingly adv. ingratiation n. Etymology: L in gratiam into favour ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. (with) снискать расположение to ingratiate oneself into smb.'s favour (with smb.) —- втереться к кому-л. в доверие, снискать чью-л. милость ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
v. снискать (чье-л.) расположение to ingratiate oneself with smb. - втереться к кому-л. в доверие ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(ingratiates, ingratiating, ingratiated) If someone tries to ingratiate themselves with you, they do things to try and make you like them. Many politicians are trying to ingratiate themselves with her. VERB: V pron-refl with n, also V pron-refl c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v ingratiate yourself (with) to try hard to get someone's approval, by doing things to please them, expressing admiration etc (The child glared so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself with her by offering candy.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1622, from It. ingratiare, from L. in gratiam "for the favor of," from in- "in" + gratia "favor, grace." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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