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ingratiatein‧gra‧ti‧ate /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪt/ verb ingratiateOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin gratia ‘grace’ VERB TABLEingratiate |
Present | I, you, we, they | ingratiate | | he, she, it | ingratiates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | ingratiated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have ingratiated | | he, she, it | has ingratiated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had ingratiated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ingratiate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have ingratiated |
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Present | I | am ingratiating | | he, she, it | is ingratiating | | you, we, they | are ingratiating | Past | I, he, she, it | was ingratiating | | you, we, they | were ingratiating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ingratiating | | he, she, it | has been ingratiating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ingratiating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ingratiating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ingratiating |
► ingratiate yourself (with somebody)- Isn't it sickening how Daniela tries to ingratiate herself with Harriet?
- From each and every canvas I saw that the model surveyed the viewer, resisting centuries of admonition to ingratiate herself.
- He would get to know the cook and ingratiate himself by being agreeable and doing her favours.
- I had to lure her back, bring her presents, ingratiate myself with everyone in the family.
- I spend most of my life trying to ingratiate myself into a sick society rather than trying to smash that society.
- In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale.
- Native merchants were eager to ingratiate themselves with West-ern traders.
- Sharaf Rashidov, the former party boss, would lie about the cotton crop year after year to ingratiate himself with Moscow.
- The free Negro militia ingratiated themselves with the white community by offering to assist in military operations against the slaves.
ingratiate yourself (with somebody) to try very hard to get someone’s approval – used to show disapproval → flatter: His policy is to ingratiate himself with anyone who might be useful to him. |