Ingrate
(In"grate`) a. [L. ingratus. See Ingrateful.] Ingrateful. [Obs. or Poetic] Bacon.
Ingrate
(In"grate`), n. An ungrateful person. Milton.
Ingrateful
(In"grate`ful) a. [L. ingratus ingrateful (pref. in- not + gratus beloved, dear, grateful) + -
ful: cf. F. ingrat. See Grateful.]
1. Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative. Milton.
He proved extremely false and ingrateful to me.
Atterbury. 2. Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive.
He gives . . . no ingrateful food.
Milton. — In"grate`ful*ly, adv. — In"grate`ful*ness, n.
Ingrately
(In"grate`ly) adv. Ungratefully. [Obs.]
Ingratiate
(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. Ingratiate
(In*gra"ti*ate), v. i. To gain favor. [R.] Sir W. Temple.
Ingratitude
(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. Ingrave
(In*grave") v. t. To engrave. [R.] "Whose gleaming rind ingrav'n." Tennyson.
Ingrave
(In*grave"), v. t. [Pref. in- in + grave. Cf. Engrave.] To bury. [Obs.] Heywood.
Ingravidate
(In*grav"i*date) v. t. [L. ingravidatus, p. p. of ingravidare to impregnate. See 1st In-, and
Gravidated.] To impregnate. [Obs.] Fuller.
Ingravidation
(In*grav`i*da"tion) n. The state of being pregnant or impregnated. [Obs.]
Ingreat
(In*great") v. t. To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. [Obs.] Fotherby.
Ingredience
(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.
