Engrate (verb, transitive — neologism)
/en·grāt/
To cause someone to feel gratitude, especially through a meaningful act, gift, or sacrifice.
Morphologically echoes engraved, ingrained, and grateful
/en·grāt/
To cause someone to feel gratitude, especially through a meaningful act, gift, or sacrifice.
Morphologically echoes engraved, ingrained, and grateful
Example Usages:
“Her gesture engrated me more than words could express.”
“That letter didn’t just thank me — it engrated me.”
“Their patience through my illness engrates me to this day.”
Engrated (participle or adjective)
Having been made to feel grateful; emotionally marked by the receipt of something deeply affecting.
Example Usages:
“I was engrated by their forgiveness.”
“She stood silent and engrated by the sacrifice.”
“An engrated look passed over him — one of stunned thanks.”
Etymology:
From the Latin-rooted “gratus” (pleasing, thankful)
With the prefix “en-” (to cause to be)
“Her gesture engrated me more than words could express.”
“That letter didn’t just thank me — it engrated me.”
“Their patience through my illness engrates me to this day.”
Engrated (participle or adjective)
Having been made to feel grateful; emotionally marked by the receipt of something deeply affecting.
Example Usages:
“I was engrated by their forgiveness.”
“She stood silent and engrated by the sacrifice.”
“An engrated look passed over him — one of stunned thanks.”
Etymology:
From the Latin-rooted “gratus” (pleasing, thankful)
With the prefix “en-” (to cause to be)
by Gygux25 June 18, 2025