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Grace
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- 1 A female given name from English. countable
"To The Handsome Mistress Grace Potter: As is your name, so is your comely face / Touch'd everywhere with such a diffused grace /"
- 2 Acronym of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"Since the Tibetan plateau contains a lot of “closed” catchments, from which meltwater cannot easily escape, large amounts of melting could happen without GRACE detecting them."
- 3 A surname. countable
- 4 A placename in the United States:; A minor city in Caribou County, Idaho. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kentucky. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename in the United States:; A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Silver Bow County, Montana. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 1 Charming, pleasing qualities. countable, uncountable
"The Princess brought grace to an otherwise dull and boring party."
- 2 a disposition to kindness and compassion wordnet
- 3 A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal. countable
"It has become less common to say grace before having dinner."
- 4 (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God wordnet
- 5 In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules. countable
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- 6 a sense of propriety and consideration for others wordnet
- 7 A grace note. countable
"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."
- 8 elegance and beauty of movement or expression wordnet
- 9 Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise. uncountable
"The dancer moved with grace and strength."
- 10 a short prayer of thanks before a meal wordnet
- 11 An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor. uncountable
"The repayment of the loan starts after a three-year grace."
- 12 (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors wordnet
- 13 Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin. uncountable
"Near-synonyms: Divine Providence, Providence"
- 14 (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence wordnet
- 15 An act or decree of the governing body of an English university. countable, uncountable
- 16 a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor wordnet
- 17 Mercy, pardon. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 1 To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. transitive
"He graced the room with his presence."
- 2 make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. wordnet
- 3 To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour. transitive
"He might, at his pleasure, grace […]or disgrace whom he would in court."
- 4 be beautiful to look at wordnet
- 5 To supply with heavenly grace. transitive
"Thy first publique miracle graceth a marriage"
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- 6 To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to. transitive
"For D and E, the G and A fingers are generally used for gracing, though E is sometimes more conveniently graced by F#."
Etymology
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”)).
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”)).
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.
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