adj. Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another. The implication is often of flattery or insincerity.
v. Present participle of ingratiate.
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adj. capable of winning favor.
adj. calculated to please or gain favor.
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adj. calculated to please or gain favor
adj. capable of winning favor
Word Usage
"My fellow citizens is an apostrophe, a formal address to an audience, whose distance has been shortened by the insertion of the ad hominem term fellow—that is, an ingratiating suggestion to his audience that they start out on his side."