reinˈgratiate, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. (chiefly refl.) To ingratiate again.
| 1638 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 96 Fearing his force, and that..hee would re-ingratiate himselfe. 1669 Clarendon Life iii. (1760) I. 119 If He were once re-ingratiated to his Majesty's Trust. a 1797 H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) I. xi. 357 In order to reingratiate themselves with the mobs. 1882 Athenæum 28 Oct. 556/3 Tasso..hoped to re⁓ingratiate himself with the duke by complimenting him on his third wedding. |