Definition for GRA'CIOUS

GRA'CIOUS, a. [Fr. gracieux; L. gratiosus.]

  1. Favorable; kind; friendly; as, the envoy met with a gracious reception.
  2. Favorable; kind; benevolent; merciful; disposed to forgive offenses and impart unmerited blessings. Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. Neh. ix.
  3. Favorable; expressing kindness and favor. All bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. Luke iv.
  4. Proceeding from divine grace; as, a person in a gracious state.
  5. Acceptable; favored. He made us gracious before the kings of Persia. [Little used.] 1 Esdras.
  6. Renewed or implanted by grace; as, gracious affections.
  7. Virtuous; good. Shak.
  8. Excellent; graceful; becoming. [Obs.] Hooker. Camden.

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