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Show GR GR elfe you had look'd through the grates, like a geminy of baboons Out ata little grate hiseyes he caf Shakefpeare Upon thofe bard'ring hills, and open plain. Danie/ A fan hason it a nunnery of lively black eye veftals, who are endeavouring to creep out at th grates Addifon 2. The range of bars within which fires ar made My dear is of opinion that an old fathioned grat Spe&tator confumes coals, but gives no heat @. a. [gratter, French. Yo GRATE 1. To rub or wear any thing by the attri tion ofa rough body Thereat the fiend his gnathing teeth did grare Spenfer Blind oblivion fwallow'd cities up And mighty ftates charaGeslefs are grate Shakefp. 'I'roii;: and Creffida To dufty nothing If the particles of the putty were not made t ftick faft in the pitch, they would, by rolling u and down GR obje& grafe and fret th Newton' it full of little holes and fil metal Opticks 2. To offend by any thing harfh or vexa‘tious Gra'TincLry. adv. [from grate.] Harfuly Whatfoevar is ingrate at firlt, is made gmlc'fk by cuftom; but whatfoevet is too pleafing at firft Bacon groweth quickly to fatiate A man will endure the pain of hunger and thirft and refufe fuch meats and drinks as are moft gratefu to his appetite, if he be perfuaded that they will enWilkins danger his health This place is the more grateful to firangers, in re{pe& that it being a frontier town, and borderin upon divers nations, many languages are underftoo Brown's Travels here Now golden fruits on loaded branches fhine And grareful clufters {well with floods of wiuc. ope [from gmt(fz/[. to acknowledg GrA'TEFULLY. adv 1. With willingnef offenfively GRA'TIS S/G(I}{/ They fold themfelves for thee 3. To for a found by collifion of afpe rities or hard bodies The grating thock of wrathful iron arms On a fudden open fly ‘With impetuous recoil and jarring found *>Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grat Harfh thunder "Of Erebus Shak to friends and ftrangers Kindre Milton's Paradife Lof? o GRATE. v. 7 1. To rub hard fo as to injure or offend to offend, as by oppreflion or importa an Wherein have you been galled by the king ‘What peer hath been fuborn'd to grate on you "That you fhould feal this lawlefs bloody boo Of forg'd rebellion with a feal divine? 1 have grate upo my good friend for thre reprieves for you, ot clfe you had looked through th grates Shakefpeare Paradoxing is of great ufe ; but the faculty muft b 4o tenderly managed as not to graze upon the trut and feafon of things L Iiftrange iLhis grated harder upon the heatts of mén South ¥ never heard him make the leaft complaint, i 2 cafe that would have grated fotely on fome men' patience, and have filled their lives with difcontent Locke 2. 'To make a harfh noife, as that of a roug body drawn over another We are not fo nice as to caft away a fharp knife becaufe the edge of it may fometimes grare. Hooker GRA'TEF¥UL. adj. [ gratus, Latin. 1. Having a due fenfe of benefits ; willin to acknowledge and to repay benefits A grateful min By owing owes not, but ftill pays Whe fom degree of healt Milton was given he ex erted all his firength in a return of grazeful recognition to the author of it Fell Years of fervice paft ¥rom grateful fouls exact reward at laft Dryden 2. Plealing £1ous acceptable delightful Gra'TEFULNESS, 7. /. [from grareful. 1. Gratitude; duty to benefa&ors. No deli - Harte Defire to return benefits The debt immenfe of endlefs gratitude Gratitude is properly a virtée Milton difpofing the min to an inward fenfe and an outward acknowledgmen 1. Voluntary merit togethe wit ‘a readinef adf t South's Serm [ gratuitus granted withou Latin clai o We miftake the gratuitous bleflings of heaven fo the fruits of our own induftry L' Effrange 2. Aflerted without proof The fecond motive they had to introduce this gratuitous declination of atoms, the fame poet gives us 2. Quality of being acceptable; pleafantnefs Gra'Ter. n. [f. [ gratoir, French, fro grate.] A kind of coarfe file with whic {oft bodies are rubbed to powder ay GraTU'tTOUSLY. adv. [from gmtuitom.j 1. Without claim or merit 2. Without proof And it ftings you for your pains Grafp it like a man of mettle And it foft as filk remains So it is with common natures I would know whence came this obliquit of direGtion, which they gratuitoyfly tack to matter: thi is to afcribe will and choice to thefe particles Cheyne's Phil. Prin Treat them gently they rebel But be rough as nutmeg-graters Gratv'tty And the rogues obey you well A. Hill fent gratification of their palates South 2. Pleafure; delight hardly is his will brought to change all it and to renounce tho(egrarifi cations in which he has been long ufed to place hi happinefs Rogers 3. Reward ; recompence. A low word To GRA'TIFY. w. a. [gratificor, Latin. 1. Toindulge; to grant by compliance or acknowledg They might nave pretended to comply wit Ulyfles, and difmiffed him with a fmall gratwity Broome on the Ody[fey He ufed every year to prefent us with his almanack, upon the fcore of fome little gratuity w Savif gave him To Gra'turaTe. {w. a. gratulor, Latin, 1. 'To congratulate ; to falute with declarations of joy Shakefp The people ®ill accept whom he admires Whither away fo faft No farther than the Tower Shake/p To gratulate the gentle princes there Dryden to humour gratuitous.] A prefen ment ; a free gift French, fro And gratulate his fafe return to Rome Nor grudging give what publick needs require 2. f. [gratuité To gratify the good Andronicus You fteer between the country and the court Nor gratify whate'er the great defire footh 2 and clouded joy GRATUITOUS gratuit, Fr. knight having fometime ferved hi delight; to pleafe A fullen gratitude return the {ame, or the like with more gratefulnefs than good courage defende him Sidney Bleffings beforehand, ties of gratefulnefs, The found of glory ringing in our ears Herbert 2. T Sufpicious thoughts kis penfive mind employ of a benefit received obfolete Arbu Tow'rds her deferving children is enroll'd Should now éat up her own Shakefpeare Wartts and averfions clients, where relatio "That our renowned Rome, whofe gratitud In Cyprus long by men and gods obey'd defire are no welcom Forbi \ Dyyd. Virg Ho Fell Gra'rrTuDE. 7. /. | gratituds, low Latin. 1. Duty to benefaétors They are incapable of any'defign above the pre Shakefp though offered it gratis by thofe univerfities GRrATIFICA'TION. . fi [gratificatio, Lat. 1. The act of pleafing nity Shakefpeare gives them a title to have advice gratis. L'Effrange I fcorned to take my degree at Utrecht or Leyden Tender handed touch a nettle that the loweft bottom fhoo The taking of ufe, though he judged lawful, ye never approved by practice, but lent ftill gratis bot And gratefully to feed his dumb deferying train Laconia but thou, like a kind fel low, gay'ft thyfelf away gratis, and I thank the Te, as new wak'd, thus gratefully reply'd. Milt Enough remains for houfehold charge befide His wife and tender children to fuftain For nothing ‘The people cry you mock them ; and, of late When corn was given them gratis, you repin'd repay benefits; with due fenfe of obligation the imagination [ Latin. without a recompence "The lovers toil {he gratefully repaid Granwille er man fin ple I 2 _ Thereat enraged, foon he 'gan upftart Study detains the mind by the perpetual occur‘Grinding his teeth, and grating his great heart rence of fomething new, which may gratefully firik Spenfes. They have been partial in the gofpel, culled an chofep out hofe fofter and more gentle dictate which would lefs grate and difturb them Decay of Piety Juft refentment and hard ufage coin' Th' unwilling word, and grating as it is Take it for *tis thy due. ~ Dryden's Don Sebaftian This habit of writing and difcourfing, wherei I unfortunately differ from almoft the whole king«dom, and am apt to grate the ears of more than could wifh, was acquired during my apprenticefhi wift in London adv t But pride ftood ready to prevent the blow For who would die to gratify a foe 2 Dryden's Fab The captive generals to his car are ty'd The joyful citizens tumultuous tid Echoing his glory, gratify his pride Pr:'ar. A palled appetite is humoroys, and muft be gratified with fauces rather than food Tatler At once they grarify their fcent and tafte While frequent eups prolong the rich repaft Pope A thoufand little impertinencies are very grai Jying to curiofity, though not improving to the un derftanding Addifon 3. Torequite with a gratification: as, I'l gratify you for this trouble Since nature could behold {o dire a crime 1 gratulate at leaft my native clime That fuch a lapd, which fuch a monfter bore _Dr;va'c'" So far is diftant from our Thracian fhore 2. 'To declare joy for; to mention with expreflions of joy Yet give thy jealous fubjeéts leave to doubt Who this thy *fcape from rumour gratulate No lefs than if from peril; and devout Do beg thy care unto thy after ftate GraTura'rion z [fro Ben Fonfort gratulazia Latin.] Salutations made by expreflin joy; expreflion of jov They are the fitft gratulation wherewith our Lor and Saviour was joytully received at his entrence int the world, by fuch as in theix hearts, -anms, an bowels embraced him Hooker ‘Th |