ingratiate

in·gra·ti·ate | \ in-ˈgrā-shē-ˌāt

ingratiated; ingratiating

Definition of ingratiate

: to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort —usually used with withingratiate themselves with the community leaders— William Attwood

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Recent Examples on the Web One by one, the four ingratiate themselves as key cogs of the rich and naive Park family. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "The 10 best movies of 2019 definitively ranked, from 'Avengers: Endgame' to 'Jojo Rabbit'," 3 Dec. 2019 Even during the war, Blunt was continuing to publish critical essays and academic papers, and further ingratiating himself with members of the art historical establishment. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "The Crown Got It Right: Anthony Blunt, Queen Elizabeth's Art Curator, Was a Soviet Spy," 17 Nov. 2019 Most jazz reissues are a welcome way to ingratiate an artist’s legacy with a new audience and, in the process, make a few bucks for whatever conglomerate owns the repurposed tapes. — Bret Saunders, The Know, "Get a taste of New Orleans when Preservation Hall Jazz Band comes to Denver," 2 Nov. 2019 Deutsche Bank went on to win a high-profile role in the I.P.O. The success ingratiated Mr. Zhang with his superiors, especially Mr. Ackermann. — Michael Forsythe, New York Times, "Inside a Brazen Scheme to Woo China: Gifts, Golf and a $4,254 Wine," 14 Oct. 2019 By the end of high school, other students had become more accepting, and Brown ingratiated himself with witty banter and by drawing caricatures of teachers. — Adam Green, The New Yorker, "How Derren Brown Remade Mind Reading for Skeptics," 30 Sep. 2019 Yet, the Spaniard seems to have already ingratiated himself to the Arsenal faithful after his performances thus far. — SI.com, "Dani Ceballos Plays Down Comparison With Former Arsenal 'King' Despite Promising Start," 26 Aug. 2019 Epstein tried desperately to ingratiate himself with fellow inmates, the consultant who had spoken with inmates said. — Ali Watkins, BostonGlobe.com, "The last days of Jeffrey Epstein," 17 Aug. 2019 After confessing this dare to Union authorities, she was directed to take the bet in order to ingratiate herself with Southern sympathizers and feed information back to the Union. — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, "The Actress Who Left the Stage to Become a Civil War Spy," 12 Aug. 2019

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“Ingratiate.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingratiation?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=i&file=ingrat03. Accessed 9 December 2019.

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ingratiate

verb