ingratiate
pronunciation
How to pronounce ingratiate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈgreɪʃieɪt]
How to pronounce ingratiate in American English:
US [ɪnˈɡreʃiˌet]
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- Verb:
- gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
Word Origin
- ingratiate (v.)
- 1620s, possibly via 16c. Italian ingraziarsi "to bring (oneself) into favor," from Latin in gratiam "for the favor of," from in "in" (see in- (2)) + gratia "favor, grace" (see grace).
Example
- 1. He had sent it to ingratiate himself and to get intelligence .
- 2. Some of the bands I have pretended to like to ingratiate myself I turn out to actually like .
- 3. Pros : most politicians try to ingratiate themselves with voters , but a radically different technique is to frighten them .
- 4. You are likely to find yourself feigning interest in and enthusiasm for a lot of things to ingratiate yourself with your peers .
- 5. His cairo speech of june 4 , 2009 , was an especially clumsy bid to ingratiate himself on what proved to be the eve of a regional revolution .