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== English == === 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”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪs/ Rhymes: -eɪs === Noun === grace (countable and uncountable, plural graces) (countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities. (countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal. (countable, card games) In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules. (countable, music) A grace note. (uncountable) Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise. Synonym: gracefulness Hyponym: dexterousness (uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which they are free of at least part of their normal obligations towards the creditor. (uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin. Near-synonyms: Divine Providence, Providence divine grace;   the grace of God An act or decree of the governing body of an English university. (archaic) Mercy, pardon. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === grace (third-person singular simple present graces, present participle gracing, simple past and past participle graced) (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to. ==== Synonyms ==== mense ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === grace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors ((Can we date this quote?)), “grace”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === garce, cager == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French grace, from Latin grātia. ==== Alternative forms ==== graz, crace, gras, grase ==== Pronunciation ==== (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈɡraːtsə/ IPA(key): /ˈɡraːs(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== grace (plural graces or grace) various (Christian) theological meanings, usually as an attribute of God: the grace of God; divine aid or beneficence. a gift or sign of God; a demonstration of divine power. guidance, direction (especially divine) luck, destiny (especially positive or beneficial) niceness, esteem, positive demeanour beneficence, goodwill, good intentions gracefulness, elegance; aptness, competence. a present; a helpful or kind act. relief, relenting, forgiveness a prayer of thanks, especially one preceding a meal. (rare) repute, credit (rare) misfortune, misadventure, doom (rare, Late Middle English) unfairness, partisanship ===== Related terms ===== graceful graceles gracen gracious ===== Descendants ===== English: grace Scots: grace Yola: greash, graace → Welsh: gras → Cornish: gras ===== References ===== “grāce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English græs. ==== Noun ==== grace alternative form of gras == Old French == === Alternative forms === gratia (10th century) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin grātia. === Noun === grace oblique singular, f (oblique plural graces, nominative singular grace, nominative plural graces) grace; favor grace; gracefulness; elegance ==== Descendants ==== French: grâce → Middle English: grace, graz, crace, gras, graseEnglish: graceScots: graceYola: greash, graace→ Welsh: gras→ Cornish: gras === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “grace”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. grace on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French grâce, from Latin gratia. Doublet of graciös and gratis. === Noun === grace c (in the singular) grace (effortless beauty or charm) Synonym: elegans (in the plural) grace (beneficial act) (in the plural) Graces (goddesses in Ancient Greek mythology) Synonym: gratie ==== Declension ==== === References === “grace”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “grace”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “grace”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)