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Verb: ingratiate  in'grey-shee`eyt
  1. Gain favour with somebody by deliberate efforts
    "Despite all his attempts to ingratiate himself with his prospective father-in-law, the young man found he could hardly do nothing to please him"

Derived forms: ingratiating, ingratiates, ingratiated

See also: ingratiatory

Type of: control, keep in line, manipulate

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