GRA'CIOUS, a. [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 are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. Neh.9.3. Favorable; expressing kindness and favor. All bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth. Luke 4.4. 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.8. Excellent; graceful; becoming.
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