grace
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Charming, pleasing qualities.
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Charming, pleasing qualities.
The Princess brought grace to an otherwise dull and boring party.
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.
I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing.
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A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
It has become less common to say grace before having dinner.
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In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.
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A grace note.
The Trill being the most usual Grace, 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.
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Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.
The dancer moved with grace and strength.
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An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which they are free of at least part of their normal obligations towards the creditor.
The repayment of the loan starts after a three-year grace.
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 days grace of life to be quit of this disloyal couple, father and son'.
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Favor, sanction or beneficence.
The minister has extended his grace to our effort.
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Favor, sanction or beneficence. Free and undeserved favour from God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.
Near-synonyms: Divine Providence, Providence
divine grace
the grace of God
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed vpō me, was not in vaine: But I laboured more abundantly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me:
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An act or decree of the governing body of an English university.
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arcaicoMercy, pardon.
Etimologia
From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce), from Latin grātia (“kindness, favour, esteem”), from grātus (“pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise, welcome”); compare grateful. The word displaced the native Middle English held, hield (“grace”) (from Old English held, hyld (“grace”)), Middle English este (“grace, favour, pleasure”) (from Old English ēst (“grace, kindness, favour”)), Middle English athmede(n) (“grace”) (from Old English ēadmēdu (“grace”)), Middle English are, ore (“grace, mercy, honour”) (from Old English ār (“honour, grace, kindness, mercy”)).
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To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
He graced the room with his presence.
He graced the room by simply being there.
His portrait graced a landing on the stairway.
Great Jove and Phoebus graced his noble line.
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To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
He might, at his pleasure, grace […]or disgrace whom he would in court.
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To supply with heavenly grace.
Thy first publique miracle graceth a marriage
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To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
For D and E, the G and A fingers are generally used for gracing, though E is sometimes more conveniently graced by F#.
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- participio passato
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- participio presente
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- 3ª persona singolare
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