Ingratiate - The Declaration

Ingratiate

December 11, 2018

To ingratiate is to bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or showing immense affection.

To elicit affection or gain favor through deliberate effort; the person who does this is often (but not always) insincere.

Verb.

Knowing that he had offended her parents, he tried to ingratiate himself by mowing their lawn and pruning their hedges.

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