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ingratiate

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in⋅gra⋅ti⋅ate

  [in-grey-shee-eyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others, esp. by deliberate effort (usually fol. by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests.
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Origin:
1615–25; perh. < L in grātiam into favor, after It ingraziare. See in, grace, -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅gra⋅ti⋅a⋅tion, noun
in⋅gra⋅ti⋅a⋅to⋅ry  [in-grey-shee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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in·gra·ti·ate   (ĭn-grā'shē-āt')   
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 grātiam : in, in; see in-2 + grātiam, accusative of grātia, favor (from grātus, pleasing; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots).]
in·gra'ti·a'tion n., in·gra'ti·a·to'ry (-shē-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Word Origin & History

ingratiate 
1622, from It. ingraziare "to bring (oneself) into favor," from L. in gratiam "for the favor of," from in- "in" + gratia "favor, grace."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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