v. Also 7 in-. [f. EN-1 + GRACE sb.] † a. To introduce into favor (cf. ingratiate) obs. b. To put grace into.
Hence Engraced ppl. a. Engracer, one who or that which engraces.
1610. G. Fletcher, Christ’s Vict., in Farr, S. P. Jas. I. (1848), 74. Ingrac’t into so high a favour.
a. 1641. Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642), 235. His intent was … to ingrace his service with King Herod.
1874. Pusey, Lent. Serm., 109. He … made it a violence to their engraced nature, not to choose Him. Ibid. (1866), Mirac. Prayer, 5. God is its Engracer, its Indweller.
