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ingratiate

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ingratiate (englanti > suomi)

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ingratiate englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please him or her.

2. 1849, w:Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, ch. 15:

He considered this offering an homage to his merits, and an attempt on the part of the heiress to ingratiate herself into his priceless affections.

3. 1903, w:Samuel Butler|Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, ch. 58:

He would pat the children on the head when he saw them on the stairs, and ingratiate himself with them as far as he dared.

4. 2007 July 9, w:Brian T. Bennett|Brian Bennett, "http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1641541,00.html Why Maliki Is Still Around," Time (retrieved 26 May 2014):

He ingratiated himself with the Kurdish bloc when he stood up to aggressive Turkish rhetoric about the Kurdish border in May.

5. puhekieltä To recommend; to render easy or agreeable.

6. (circa) w:Henry Hammond|Henry Hammond, "Sermon XIII" in Miscellaneous Theological Works of Henry Hammond, Volume 3 (1850 edition), http://books.google.ca/books?id=L4pPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA283&lpg=PA283&dq=%22not+ingratiate+to+us%22&source=bl&ots=oUqMFF31ew&sig=ZW30LWqe16zWPEZ8879A7SDNyCA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DsiCU7O7KcXy8AHovIH4BA&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCQv=onepage&q=%22not%20ingratiate%20to%20us%22&f=false p. 283 (Google preview):

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

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