G R A 
SOL G R A 
GRATIO'SA, one of the fmaller Canarj' iflands, 
fituated iathe Atlantic. Lat. 29. 15.N. Ion. 13. 7."W. 
Greenwich. 
GRA'l lO'SA, one of Azores iflands; about ten 
miles long, a; d eight broad; taking its name f.om its 
beauty and fertility in co n, fruit, pafture, and cattle, 
fupplying Tercera and leveral of the other ill.inds witli 
a ( leat part of its produce. It is well peopled, and 
lias a number of villages, with forts for the de.ence of 
the coail. The princi , al place is La Plata. Lat.39.2. 
N. ion. 10. 12. W. Ferro. 
GRA i lOS'ITY, f. Grace; favour; civility. Bai- 
Icy. Not Jufficicntly avthorijed. 
GR A'i iO'SO, ^Italian.] In mufic kooks ; pleaf- 
ing ; grateful. 
GRA'TIS, [Latin.] For nothing but thanks; 
without a recompence.—Kindred are no welcome cli¬ 
ents, where relation gives them a title to have advice 
gratis. VEjlrcnge. 
The people cry you mock them ; and, of late, 
When corn was given them j'ratw, you reput’d. Shakcfp. 
GRA'l 'ITUDE, f. \_graiitudo, low Latin.] Duty to 
bcnefadtors: 
Sufpicious thoughts his penfive mind employ, .. 
A hiWew gratitudi’, and clouded joy. Harte. 
Delire to return benefits.— I'he debt immenfe of endlefs 
gratitude. Milton.—Gratitude is properly a virtue, dilpof- 
ing the mind to an inward ienfeand an outward acknow¬ 
ledgment of a benefit received, together with a prompt- 
nefs or readinefs to remrn the fam.e. South, 
GRA'l I US, furnamed from the place of his birth 
F. 4 HSCUS, a Roman poet, contemporary with Virgil. 
His work, entitled Cynegeticen or 1 he Art of hunting 
with Dogs, lay unknown to the moderns till 1534, in 
which year it was printed by Paul Manutius, from a 
manufeript brought by Sannazaro from France. It is 
written with a purity nor unworthy of the Auguflan 
age ; but its fubjetf does not admit of elegant poetry. 
1 he bed edition is that of Leipfic, 1659, 4to. with the 
notes of Janus Ulitius. It is alio printed in the collec-. 
tiouof Ret Venatica Scriptores, Amjt. and Leyd. 1728, and 
in Mattaire’.> Corpus Poetarun. 
GR A'l'U'l'i UUS, adj. igratmtus, Lat. gratuit, Fr.] 
Voluntary; granted without claim or merit.— w e mil- 
take 'he gratuitous hkiiuigs ot heaven lor the fruits of 
our own inutiitiy. L'EJhange. —Aiferted without proof. 
—'File fecond motive vuey had to introduce this gratui¬ 
tous declination oi atoms, the fame poet gives u.i. Ray. 
GRA'l U'll OUSLY, <2ifo. Without claim or nieiit. 
Witliout proot.—I would know whence came this obli- 
quity of direction, which they gratuitoujly tack to mat- 
ter : this is co aferibe will and choice to cliefe particles. 
Cheyne. 
oRATU'ITOUSNESS, /. The date or quality of 
being gratuitous, Scott. 
GRATU'J'I Y, f. {_gratuite\ Fr.] A prefent or ac- 
kni.w ledgiiieiit; a free gift—He tiled every year to 
prelent us vvitii his alm. n ic, upon the Icore of lome 
little gratuity we gave Iiiui. Swift. 
To GRa 1 'ULA'l E, V. a. \_gratulor., Lat.] To congra¬ 
tulate; to faliite with dedalatioiib of joy ; 
To gratify the good A.idronieus, 
And gratulate liis lafe leturn to Rpnie, 
The peoj.le will accept whom lie admires. Shakefpeare. 
To declare joy for ; to mention witii exprefiions ot joy ; 
Yet give thy jealous fubjecls leave to doubt, 
WTio th is thy ’Icape from rumour gratulate., 
No lels than if from peril; and uevout, 
Do beg thy care unto thy after date. Ben JonJon. 
GRATULA''riON, f. [from gratulatio, Lat.] Salu¬ 
tations made by e.xprcuuig joy ; expicilion of joy.— 
They are the fird gratulations wherewith our Lord and 
Saviour was joyfully received at his entrance into the 
world. Hooker. 
The earth 
Gave figns of gratulation, and each hill. Milton. 
GRAT'LTLATORY, Congratulatory; e.xprelT- 
ing congratulation. 
GRA rz, or Graz, a town of Germany, in the 
diKhy of Stiria, fituated on tlie river Muehr. It con¬ 
tains fevcral churches and convents, an arfenal, a cadle 
on a rock, and an univerlity founded in 15S5. Theaf- 
fembly of the dates is held here, and in 1784 it was 
eif'tted into an arclibidiopric on the fupprellion of that 
of Goritz. Fird furrounded with walls by Ferdinand 
IV. which were greatly improved by the archduke 
Charles and his fan Ferdinand. It was taken by tlic 
French republican army in March 1797. Seventy miles 
loutli-louth-wed of Vienna, and twenty fouth-fouth-eaft 
of Pruck. Lat. 47. 10. N. Ion. 33. 22. E. Ferro. 
GRATZ, a town of Silefia, in the principality of 
Troppau, fituated on the Mora; four miles fouth of 
Troppau. 
GR ATZARNIT'ZA, a town of Bofnia : tliirty miles 
nortli-north-ead of Serajo. 
GRAT'ZEN, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 
Beciiin : eighteen miles ead of Crumau, and feventecn 
north-ealt of Rofenberg. 
GRAU'DENTZ, or Grudfiands, a town of Pruf- 
fia, in the territory of Culm : fourteen miles north- 
nonh-eali: of Culm. 
GRA'VA-SE'LE, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of 
Naples, and province of Badlicata: fifteen miles ead 
of Venofa. 
GRAVE, a final fyllable in the names of places, is 
from the Saxon gpxp, a grove or cave. Gibfon. 
GRAVE, /i [^pasp. Sax.] The place in tlie ground 
in which the dead are repolited.—A flood of waters 
would overwhelm all thofe fragments wliich the earth 
broke into, and bury in one common grave all the inha¬ 
bitants of the earth. Burnet. 
Now it is the time of night. 
That the graves, all gaping wide. 
Every one lets forth his fpright. 
In the church-way paths to glide. Shakefpeare. 
GRAVE, or Greve, /. [gepepe, Sax. a governor, 
graave. Germ, a vifeount.] A German title, fignifying 
a gi., .r lord, count, or governor. 
To grave, v.a. )p\e\er graved-, part. palT. graven-, 
[graver, Fr. y^ettpa, Gi.] To infculp ; to carve a figure 
or mlciiptioii 1.1 any liard fubltance: 
Thy fum of duty let two words contain ; 
O ! may they graven in thy heart remain ! 
Be humble, and be jud. Prior. 
To carve or form.—What profiteth ihe graven image, 
that the maker thereof hath graven it? Hab. ii. 18.— 
To copy paintings upon wood nr metal, in order to be 
iiiiprelfed on paper.—The gravers ought to imiiate the 
bodies of the colours by the degieesof the lights and 
lhadow s : ’tis iinpoflible to give much Itrength to what 
they grave, wiiimut imitating in lome fort the colour of 
the oi,je-eC>.'' Dryaen. 
[From grave.^ 1 o entomb. Not in ufe. 
Do you aamn others, and let this damn you : , 
And ditches grave you all! Shakefpeare, 
To clean, caulk, .nd flieath, a diip. Ainfworth. 
To cjRAV E, v.n. To wnte or delineate on hard fub- 
daiiccs.— 1 hou (halt make a plate of pure gold, and 
grave upon it. Ex. xxviii. 36. 
GRAVE, [grave, tr. gravis, Lat. ^ Solemn; fe- 
rious ; looer ; not gay; not ligut or trifling.— 1 hey 
have as much reafon to oretend to, and as much necel- 
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