ingratiate
verb /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪt/
/ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪt/
[no passive] (disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ingratiate | /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪt/ /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪt/ |
| he / she / it ingratiates | /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪts/ /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪts/ |
| past simple ingratiated | /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle ingratiated | /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form ingratiating | /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈɡreɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ |
- ingratiate yourself (with somebody) to do things in order to make somebody like you, especially somebody who will be useful to you
- The first part of his plan was to ingratiate himself with the members of the committee.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin in gratiam ‘into favour’, on the pattern of obsolete Italian ingratiare, earlier form of ingraziare.