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grace

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See also:GRACE,Grace,grâce,andGrâce

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishgrace, fromOld Frenchgrace (modernFrenchgrâce), fromLatingrātia(“kindness, favour, esteem”), fromgrātus(“pleasing”), fromProto-Indo-European*gʷerH-(“to praise, welcome”); comparegrateful.

The word displaced the nativeMiddle Englishheld,hield(“grace”) (fromOld Englishheld,hyld(“grace”)),Middle Englisheste(“grace, favour, pleasure”) (fromOld Englishēst(“grace, kindness, favour”)),Middle Englishathmede(n)(“grace”) (fromOld Englishēadmēdu(“grace”)),Middle Englishare,ore(“grace, mercy, honour”) (fromOld Englishār(“honour, grace, kindness, mercy”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grace (countable anduncountable,pluralgraces)

  1. (countable, uncountable)Charming,pleasingqualities.
    The Princess broughtgrace to an otherwise dull and boring party.
    • 1699,William Temple,Heads designed for an essay on conversations‎[1]:
      Study gives strength to the mind; conversation,grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
    • 1783,Hugh Blair, “Critical Examniation of the Style of Mr. Addison in No. 411 of The Spectator”, inLectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres:
      I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of thosegraces which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing.
  2. (countable) Ashortprayer ofthanks before or after ameal.
    It has become less common to saygrace before having dinner.
  3. (countable, card games) In thegames ofpatience orsolitaire: aspecialmove that isnormally against therules.
  4. (countable, music) Agrace note.
    • 1683, John Playford,An Introduction to the Skill of Musick: In Three Books, page47:
      The Trill being the most usualGrace, is usually made in Closes, Cadences, and when on a long Note Exclamation or Passion is expressed, there the Trill is made in the latter part of such Note; but most usually upon binding Notes and such Notes as precede the closing Note.
  6. (uncountable)Elegantmovement;elegance of movement;balance orpoise.
    Synonym:gracefulness
    Hyponym:dexterousness
    The dancer moved withgrace and strength.
  7. (uncountable, finance) Anallowance oftimegranted to adebtor during which he or she isfree of at least part of his normalobligations towards thecreditor.
    The repayment of the loan starts after a three-yeargrace.
    • 1990, Claude de Bèze, translated by E. W. Hutchinson,1688 revolution in Siam: the memoir of Father de Bèze, s.j, University Press, page153:
      With mounting anger the King denounced the pair, both father and son, and was about to condemn them to death when his strength gave out. Faint and trembling he was unable to walk and the sword fell from his hands as he murmured: 'May the Protector of the Buddhist Faith grant me but seven more daysgrace of life to be quit of this disloyal couple, father and son'.
  9. (uncountable, theology) Free andundeservedfavour, especially ofGod;unmeriteddivineassistance given tohumans for theirregeneration orsanctification, or forresistingsin.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,1 Corinthians15:10:
      But by thegrace of God I am what I am: and hisgrace which was bestowed vpō me, was not in vaine: But I laboured more abundantly then they all, yet not I, but thegrace of God which was with me:
    • 1902, John Buchan,The Outgoing of the Tide:
      When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her. Moreover, from her earliest days the bairn had some glimmerings ofgrace.
  10. An act or decree of the governing body of an English university.
  11. (archaic)Mercy,pardon.

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Translations

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short prayer of thanks before or after a meal
elegant movement, poise or balance
allowance of time granted to a debtor—see alsograce period
free and undeserved favour, especially of God
divine assistance in resisting sin
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Verb

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grace (third-person singular simple presentgraces,present participlegracing,simple past and past participlegraced)

  1. (transitive) Toadorn; todecorate; toembellish anddignify.
    Hegraced the room with his presence.
    Hegraced the room by simply being there.
    His portraitgraced a landing on the stairway.
  2. (transitive) Todignify orraise by an act offavour; tohonour.
    • 1603,Richard Knolles,The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip,→OCLC:
      He might, at his pleasure,grace[…]or disgrace whom he would in court.
  3. (transitive) To supply withheavenly grace.
    • 1612–1626,[Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in[Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume(please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London,→OCLC:
      Thy first publique miraclegraceth a marriage
  4. (transitive, music) To addgrace notes,cadenzas, etc., to.
    • 1987, L. E. McCullough,The Complete Irish Tin Whistle Tutor (New & Revised), page22:
      For D and E, the G and A fingers are generally used forgracing, though E is sometimes more convenientlygraced by F#.

Synonyms

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Translations

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to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify
to dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour—see alsohonor

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Frenchgrace, fromLatingrātia.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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grace (pluralgraces orgrace)

  1. various (Christian) theological meanings, usually as an attribute of God:
    1. the grace ofGod; divine aid orbeneficence.
    2. a gift or sign ofGod; a demonstration of divine power.
    3. guidance,direction (especially divine)
  2. luck,destiny (especially positive or beneficial)
  3. niceness,esteem,positivedemeanour
  4. beneficence,goodwill,goodintentions
  5. gracefulness,elegance;aptness,competence.
  6. apresent; ahelpful orkind act.
  7. relief,relenting,forgiveness
  8. aprayer ofthanks, especially one preceding a meal.
  9. (rare)repute,credit
  10. (rare)misfortune,misadventure,doom
  11. (rare, Late Middle English)unfairness,partisanship
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Etymology 2

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FromOld Englishgræs.

Noun

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grace

  1. alternative form ofgras

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatingrātia.

Noun

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graceoblique singular, f (oblique pluralgraces,nominative singulargrace,nominative pluralgraces)

  1. grace;favor
  2. grace;gracefulness;elegance

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchgrâce, fromLatingratia.Doublet ofgraciös andgratis.

Noun

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grace c

  1. (in thesingular)grace(effortless beauty or charm)
    Synonym:elegans
  2. (in theplural)grace(beneficial act)
    fördela sinagracer
    distribute one'sfavours
  3. (in theplural)Graces(goddesses in Ancient Greek mythology)
    Synonym:gratie

Declension

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Declension ofgrace
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitegracegraces
definitegracengracens
pluralindefinitegracergracers
definitegracernagracernas

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