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Meaning of ingratiate in English
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈɡreɪʃiˌeɪt/
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Verb
ingratiate
Etymology
early 17th century: from Latin in gratiam‘into favor’, on the pattern of obsolete Italian ingratiare, earlier form of ingraziare
Definitions
1.
gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts