To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.
To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
The rivalry of Caesar and Pompey greatly multiplied them, for each sought by this means to ingratiate himself with the people.
In those days he was not much seen, neither hunting nor entertaining company; but when seen he was rough enough with those who made any deep attempt to ingratiate themselves with his coming mightiness.
To all of them Mr. Prendergast was absolutely a stranger, and was hardly the man to ingratiate himself with strangers at the first interview.
Amelia would be of little or no service, though she would be more likely to ingratiate herself with his wife than the others.
In her little way she studied the man's character, and did all she could to ingratiate herself with him.
When various calumniators who wished to ingratiate themselves with the Jewish prince, traduced Menachem before him, Chasdai's favor was withdrawn from the latter, and changed into direct hostility.
During his servitude in Australia, John Lindsay Crawfurd contrived to ingratiate himself with MacQuarrie, the governor of New South Wales, and got part of his punishment remitted, returning to England in 1820.
It is also curious and interesting that the Phoenicians should have been able to ingratiate themselves with another most exclusive and self-sufficing people, viz.
To ingratiate my self with this Gentlewoman, I acquainted her with my design; which she heartily laughed at.
In point of fact, everybody tried to ingratiate himself with Queen Mary and her uncles, the Cardinal de Lorraine and the Grand Master of the Household.
His English courtiers, willing toingratiate themselves with their new sovereign, outvied each other in equipages and entertainments; and made a display of riches which struck the foreigners with astonishment.
Carlos and the Rosary, that he might at the same time show his piety to the Virgin Mary, and ingratiate himself with Carlos the Third, King of Spain.
The new Governor, Martinez, to ingratiate himself with the King, resolved upon sending two hundred soldiers against the neighbouring hordes of Mocobios and Tobas, out of those four hundred which had been chosen to found the colony.
The girl Bauer, posing as a domestic servant, managed to ingratiate herself with Prince Tchekmareff, and gave the perfume to her mistress with success," remarked Anna.
The widow Zuma attempted in the first place to ingratiate herself with the Europeans, by sending them hot provisions every day in abundance, during their stay at Wawa.
My Red-boy blue," she reiterated, trying to ingratiate her arms about his neck.
But more there are which they do not feign, but believing themselves as their own proper judgments, they put fictitious colors upon them to ingratiate them to us.
He wished to ingratiate himself, and proceeded to show off his one accomplishment.
Just as the visitors were coming in, Lebedeff, wishing to ingratiate himself with the great lady, had pulled this paper from his pocket, and presented it to her, indicating a few columns marked in pencil.
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