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In*gra"ti*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingratiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingratiating (?).] [Pref. in- in + L. gratia. See Grace.]

1. To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought.

Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with Philip and his pupil.

Budgell.

2. To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by to. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.

What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not ingratiate to us?

Hammond.

In*gra"ti*ate, v. i. To gain favor. [R.] Sir W. Temple.

In*grat"i*tude (?), n. [F. ingratitude, L. ingratitudo. See Ingrate.] Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness.

Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend.

Shak.

Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man.

L'Estrange.

In*grave" (?), v. t. To engrave. [R.] "Whose gleaming rind ingrav'n." Tennyson.

In*grave", v. t. [Pref. in- in + grave. Cf. Engrave.] To bury. [Obs.] Heywood.

In*grav"i*date (?), v. t. [L. ingravidatus, p. p. of ingravidare to impregnate. See 1st In-, and Gravidated.] To impregnate. [Obs.] Fuller.

In*grav`i*da"tion (?), n. The state of being pregnant or impregnated. [Obs.]

In*great" (?), v. t. To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. [Obs.] Fotherby.

{ In*gre"di*ence (?), In*gre"di*en*cy (?), } n. [See Ingredient.]

1. Entrance; ingress. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

2. The quality or state of being an ingredient or component part. Boyle.

In*gre"di*ent (?), n. [F. ingrédient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade.] That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.

By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.

Sir I. Newton.

Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

Arbuthnot.

In*gre"di*ent, a. Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.

Acts where no sin is ingredient.