Part 4921

<blockquote>A god ready to pardon, <b>gracious</b> and merciful. <i>Neh. ix. 17.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>So hallowed and so <b>gracious</b> in the time. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.</def>

<blockquote>Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . There was not such a <b>gracious</b> creature born. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; <as>as, gracious affections</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant; merciful.</syn>

<h1>Graciously</h1> <Xpage=642>

<hw>Gra"cious*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fortunately; luckily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Graciousness</h1> <Xpage=642>

<hw>Gra"cious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being gracious.</def>

<h1>Grackle</h1> <Xpage=642>

<hw>Grac"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>graculus</ets> jackdaw.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of several American blackbirds, of the family <spn>Icterid\'91</spn>; <subtypes>as, the rusty grackle (<spn>Scolecophagus Carolinus</spn>); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (<spn>Quiscalus quiscula</spn>, or <spn>Q. versicolor</spn>).</subtypes> See <cref>Crow blackbird</cref>, under <er>Crow</er></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An Asiatic bird of the genus <spn>Gracula</spn>. See <er>Myna</er>.</def>

<h1>Gradate</h1> <Xpage=642>

<hw>Gra"date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Grade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; <as>as, to gradate a saline solution</as>.</def>

<h1>Gradation</h1> <Xpage=642>

<hw>Gra*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>gradatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gradation</ets>. See <er>Grade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; <as>as, the gradation of castes</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any degree or relative position in an order or series.</def>

<blockquote>The several <b>gradations</b> of the intelligent universe. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.</def>

<h1>Gradation</h1> <Xpage=642>

<hw>Gra*da"tion</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form with gradations.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gradational</h1> <Xpage=642>