ingratiate

/ɪnɡɹˈe‍ɪʃɪˌe‍ɪt/

/ˌɪŋˈɡɹeɪʃiˌeɪt/

[verb]

to ingratiate

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

Examples

1. They will be ingratiating him.

2. This did not ingratiate me to my team members.

3. The 23- year-old university student ingratiated himself to the French overlords and quickly took on the trappings of French privilege.

4. As attorney general under Buchanan, he ingratiated himself to the incoming President's administration by tales of confidential cabinet discussions to Stewart who then passed them on to Lincoln.