Grace

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ɡɹeɪs//

A female given name from English.

proper noun

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A female given name from English.
To The Handsome Mistress Grace Potter: As is your name, so is your comely face / Touch'd everywhere with such a diffused grace /
Grace does not belie her name; for she is indeed a sweet girl, modest and unassuming, and appearing to be unconscious of having done anything great or noble. - OBSERVER, Dec.16, 1838.
They named me Grace and waited for a light and agile dancer. / But some trick of genes mixed me up / And instead I turned out big and black and burly.
Had I given birth to a daughter of my own, I'd like to have called her Grace, a classic and poetic name, one that illuminates a person of dignity and poise.
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A surname.
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A placename in the United States: A minor city in Caribou County, Idaho.
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A placename in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
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A placename in the United States: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi.
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A placename in the United States: An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri.
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A placename in the United States: An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
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A placename in the United States: An unincorporated community in Silver Bow County, Montana.
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A placename in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
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A placename in the United States: An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.

Etymology

From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.

Forms

plural: Graces

Grab · A taxi ride booked through the Grab app.grabbing · The act of one who grabs; a snatching.grace · Charming, pleasing qualities.

Grace · A female given name from English.

graceful · Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.Graces · Three sister goddesses in Greek mythology (Euphrosyne,…gracias · Thank you.

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