grace 
gracious 
state of apostasy and sin. Arininianisra affirms, Calvinism 
denies, the possibility of fulling from grace. To take 
heart of grace (formerly also at grace or a grace 
[sometimes written yrusse and confused with grata}), to 
take courage because of favor or indulgence shown. 
And with that she drinking delivered me the glasse, I 
now taking heart at grasse to see her so gamesome, as 
merilie as I could, pledged her in this manner. 
I. !/lii. Euphues and his England, slg. H, 2 b. 
What it was, after I had eaten a little heart a grant. 
which grew at my teete, I feared not, and who was the 
owner I greatly cared not, but boldly accosted bun, and 
desired house roome. The Man in the Moone (1609). 
Then spake Achilles swift of pace, 
"Fear not" (quoth he), "take heart of grace, 
What e're thou hast to say, be 't best or 
Worst, speake it out, thou son of Thestor." 
Homer a la Mode (1665). 
With a bad grace, ungracefully ; ungraciously ; with evi- 
dent reluctance, inappropriateness, or insincerity : as, 
the apology was made with a bad grace. With a good 
grace, gracefully ; graciously : now generally implying 
that the air of graciousness is rather forced : as, he made 
reparation ii'itli a good grace. 
He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. 
Shale., T. N., Ii. 8. 
No man discharges pecuniary obligations with a better 
grace than my father. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iii. Si. 
grace (gras), v. t. ; pret. and pp. graced, ppr. 
gracing. [< grace, n.~\ 1. To adorn; deco- 
rate; embellish and dignify; lend or add grace 
to. 
Who would have thought that all of them should hope 
So much of our connivance as to come 
To grace themselves with titles not their own? 
21. Jonion, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. 
2f. Having Christian grace or piety ; in a state 
of grace. 
You have a holy father, 
A graceful gentleman ; against whose person, 
So sacred as it is, I have done sin. 
Shak., W. T., v. 1. 
= Syn. 1. Elegant, etc. (see elegant) ; easy, natural, uncon- 
strained. 
gracefully (gras'ful-i), adv. In a graceful 
manner; elegantly; with a natural ease and 
propriety : as, to walk or speak gracefully. 
Buds, and leaves, and sprigs, 
And curling tendrils, gracefully dispos'd. 
Cowper, Task, iv. 154. 
gracefulness (gras'ful-nes), . 1. The condi- 
tion or quality of being graceful ; elegance of 
manner or deportment; beauty with dignity in 
manner, motion, or countenance. 
Gracefulness is an idea belonging to posture and mo- L. graeilentus, equiv. to gracilis, slender, thin : 
tion. Burke, Sublime and Beautiful, Hi. 22. gee gracilt.] Same as gracile. 
2f. A state of grace ; excellence. graciles,''. Plural of gracilis. 
graciliductor (gras"i-li-duk'tpr), n.; pi. gra- 
ciliductores (-duk-to'rez). [NL., < L. gracilis 
+ NL. (ad)ductor, a muscle of the thigh : see 
adductor.'] Same as gracilis. Cones, 1887. 
[Rare.] 
gracilis (gras'i-lis), n. ; pi. graciles (-lez). [NL., 
"0 lady of my life," said he to Zelmane, "I plainly lay 
my death to you if you refuse me ; let not certain imagi- 
native rules, whose truth stands but on opinion, keep so 
wise a mind from gracefulness and mercy, whose never- 
Ornue besides Gracilaria, which are rich in species and 
wide-spread. The larvce are all leaf-miners when young, 
but quit their mines before pupating, usually lulling the 
edge of the leaf around the cocoon. 
gracile (gras'il), a. [= Sp. (obs.) grdcil = Pg. 
(rare) gracil=:lt. gracile, < L. gracing, slender, 
thin.] Slender; thin; hence, gracefully slight 
in form, development, or manifestation. [A 
word long recognized, but comparatively re- 
cent in use.] 
Where in groves the gracile Spring 
Trembles, with mute orison 
Confidently strengthening. 
D. Q. Rossetti, Love's Nocturn. 
There are girls in those unfamiliar villages worthy to 
inspire any statuary beautiful with the beauty of ruddy 
bronze yracileta the palmettoes that sway above them. 
Harper's May., LXXVI. 733. 
gradient! (gras'i-lent), a. [= It. gracilento, < 
If you 
Can find no disposition in younelf 
To sorrow, yet by gracefulness in her 
Find out the way, and by your reason weep. 
Beau, and Fl., King and No King, ii. 1. 
3f. Graciousness. 
failing laws nature hath planted in us." 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
Neither corn nor pasture graced the field, 
vine her purple harvest yield. 
Nor would the vi 
Addison, tr. of Virgil's Georgia 
Great Jove and Phoebus graced his noble line. Pope. 
2f. To confer grace or favor upon ; afford plea- 
sure or gratification to. 
This place, where we last ... did grace our eyes upon 
her ever-flourishing beauty. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, L 
I am persuaded the work will gain upon men's minds 
in ages but your gracing it may make it take hold more 
swiftly. Bacon, Letter, Oct. 12, 1620. 
3. To dignify or gratify by an act of favor; fa- 
vor or honor (with something). 
How with this nod to grace that subtle courtier, 
How with that frown to make this noble tremble. 
Ford, Broken Heart, iv. 4. 
So ye will grace me ... with your fellowship 
O'er these waste downs whereon I lost myself. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
4f. To supply with heavenly grace. 
Grace the disobedient. Bp. Hall, Works, II. 60. 
5. In music, to add grace-notes, cadenzas, etc., 
to : as, to grace a melody. 
grace-cup (gras'kup), n. 1. A cup, generally 
a standing cup, goblet, hanap, or other large 
vessel, in which th 
table 
grace-hoop (gras'hop), n. A slender hoop used 
(y in playing the game of graces^ 
graceless (gras'les), a. [< ME. graceles; < 
< L. gracilis, slender (sc. musculus, muscle) : see 
gracile.'] A muscle of the thigh arising from 
the descending ramus of the pubis, running 
along the inner border of the thigh, and in- 
serted in the upper part of the shaft of the 
tibia, assisting to adduct the thigh and flex the 
leg: so called from its slenderness in man. It 
is one of the adductor group. 
'grace + -less.'] Without grace, (o) Wanting in gracility (gra-sil'i-ti), n. [=OF.gracilite,f. 
propriety or elegance, (b) Having departed from or hav- 
ing been deprived of divine grace ; hence, villainous ; cor- 
rupt ; depraved. 
For God his gifts there plenteously bestowes, 
But gracelesse men them greatly do abuse. 
Spenser, Colin Clout, 1. 326. 
(c) Ungracious ; ill-mannered ; uncivil. 
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, 
His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iii. 305. gracioSO (gra-Sl_-6's6 ; 
You graceless dog, help your mother up. 
Sheridan (T), The Camp, i. 1. 
(<ft) Out of grace or favor. 
How wostow so that thou art graceless > 
Chaucer, Troilus, L 781. 
Thou dost abhor to dwell 
So near the dim thoughts of this troubled breast, 
And grace these graceless projects of my heart. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Malta, i. 1. 
(<) Without mercy ; pitiless. 
I have asked grace of a graceless face, 
No pardon there is for you and me. 
Johnie Armstrong (Child's Ballads, VI. 43). 
gracilite = It. gracilitd, < L. gracilita(t-)s, slen- 
derness, thinness, < gracilis, slender: see gra- 
cile.'] The character of being gracile ; slender- 
ness. [Bare.] 
It was accordingly subjected to a process of extenua- 
tion, out of which it emerged reduced to little more than 
a third of its original gracUityt. skeleton without mar- 
row or substance. Sir W. Hamilton. 
Sp. pron. gra-the-6'so), 
D >p. pron. _ 
. [Sp., a buffoon, harlequin, comic actor, < 
gracioso, graceful, facetious, funny, ridiculous, 
= E. gracious, q. v.] 1. A favorite. Davies. 
The Lord Marquess of Buckingham, then a great Grati- 
oso, was put on by the Prince to ask the King s liking to 
this amourous adventure. 
Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 114. 
2. A character in Spanish comedy, correspond- 
ing in many respects to the English clown. 
At length the Gracioso presented himself to open the 
scene. ... I perceived that he was one of those spoiled 
actors in whom the pit pardons everything. 
Smollett, tr. of Gil Bias, vil. 6. 
_ ._ c, a grace ; es- 
"pecially, an appoggiatura. See grace, 6. 
grace-Stroke (gras'str6k),n. A finishing touch 
or stroke ; a coup-de-grace. Dories. 
Your intentions led you to our neighbouring kingdom 
of Scotland, to perfect and give the grace-stroke to that 
very liberal education you have so signally improved in 
England. 
Scotland Characterized, 1701 (Hart. Misc., VII. 377). 
2. In entom.fthe typical genus of Gracilari- 
idae, containing very small but beautiful tineid 
As a corollary t 
mirth, a grace cu} 
drank healths to one another again and again. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., 
2. A draught from this cup. 
And dinner, grace, and grace-cup done, 
Expect a wondrous deal of fun. 
Lloyd, To George Coleman. 
A shadow of this Anglo-Saxon custom [love-cup in mon- 
asteries] may yet be seen in the grace-cup of the univer- 
sities, and the loving cup passed round among the guests 
at the great dinners given by the Lord Mayor of London. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, ii 336, note. Gracilaria ( gr as-i-la'ri-a), n. [NL., < L. graci- 
3. A richly spiced and flavored drink served ^ s le_nder, + -arm.] 1. A genus of mollusks. 
in the grace-cup. The recipe for the Oxford grace- 
cup provides for strong beer flavored with lemon-peel, nut- 
meg, and sugar, with very brown toast soaked in it. 
graced (grast), o. 1. Endowed with grace; beau- 
tiful; graceful. 
One of the properest and best graced men that I ever 
saw. Sir P. Sidney. 
2t. Virtuous; chaste. 
Epicurism and lust 
Make it more like a tavern or a brothel 
Than a grac'd palace. Shak., Lear, i. 4. 
graceful (gras'ful), a. [< grace + -//.] 1. 
Characterized by grace or elegance; display- 
ing grace or beauty in form or action ; elegant : 
used particularly of motion, looks, and speech : 
as, a graceful walk; a graceful deportment; a 
graceful speaker ; a graceful air. 
High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. 
Dryden, ^neul. 
Gracilaria salicifolitUa. (Line shows natural size.) 
In both these [postures], to be graceful it is requisite 
that there be no appearance of difficulty. 
Burke, Sublime and Beautiful, iii. 22. 
moths, characterized by the form of the fore 
wings and the smoothly clothed palpi. It is a 
large genus, with nearly 50 European and about as many 
North American species. The genus was named by Ha- 
worth in 1829, or earlier. 
gracious, gra- 
gracieux = Pr. 
grazioso, < L. 
"gratiosus, enjoying favor, popular, agreeable, 
showing favor, obliging, < gratia, favor, grace : 
see grace.] 1. Full of grace or favor ; disposed 
to show good will, or to exercise favor or kind- 
ness; beneficent; benignant. 
Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. 
Neh. ix. 17. 
I know his Majesty is gracious to you, and you may well 
expect some Preferment that way. 
aomll, Letters, I. v. 15. 
2. Characterized by or exhibiting favor or 
kindness ; friendly ; kind ; courteous : now usu- 
ally implying condescension. 
All bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious 
words which proceeded out of his mouth. Luke iv. 22. 
He is a very insignificant fellow, but exceeding gracious. 
Steele, Tatler, No. 127. 
Sir Lancelot, as became a noble knight, 
Was gracious to all ladies. Tennyson, Guinevere. 
3. Characterized by or endowed with divine or 
saving grace ; righteous ; virtuous. 
Ham. Dost know this water-fly ? 
Hur. No, my good lord. 
Ham. Thy state is the more gracious, for 'tis a vice to 
know him. Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. 
Many of their children . . . were of best dispositions 
and gracious inclinations. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 23. 
He reckons it no abjection to be abased in the face of 
man, so he may be gracious in the eyes of God. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 840. 
4. Attractive; agreeable; acceptable; excel- 
lent; graceful; becoming; beautiful. 
