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to grace someone with

to grace someone with

20 6.7
To show respect to someone by giving something special, often by being there or speaking
  • phrasal verb
: honrar con
  • Look who decided to grace us with her presence.

Examples

  • Kind of you to grace us with your presence.

    Little Orphans (2020)

  • So you finally decided to grace us with your presence.

    Lionheart (1990)

  • Will your brother not grace us with his presence?

    The Northman (2022)

  • Perhaps this time they will grace us with their presence.

    Thank You for Smoking (2005)

  • Oh, look who finally decided to grace us with her presence.

    EverAfter (1998)

  • So when is the Prime Minister going to grace us with his presence?

    Johnny English Reborn (2011)

  • Emily, we're all looking forward to having you grace us with your presence for many years to come.

    Tootsie (1982)

  • How nice of you to grace your loyal subjects with your presence.

    Troy the Odyssey (2017)

  • I don't know when she next intends to grace us with her presence.

    Blog text (31)

  • Will your brother not grace someone with his presence at the party this weekend?

Synonyms

to honor
vsto grace someone with
  • US
722 2.3

Show great respect to someone, often in public

gives a tangible or symbolic thing in a courteous, honoring way
to favor
vsto grace someone with
  • US
365 2.0

To give someone special help or treatment

offers something politely as a courtesy rather than as simple preference
to bless someone with
vsto grace someone with
104 4.6

To give someone something good, like talent or strong support

presents something outwardly as a courteous or honorary bestowal
to compliment
vsto grace someone with
102 1.6

To say something nice about someone or their work

involves giving something tangible or ceremonial in a gracious manner
to bestow
vsto grace someone with
  • Formal
74 5.6

Give something to someone as an honor or gift

gives with a personal gracious manner stressing courtesy rather than formal ceremony
to gift
vsto grace someone with
15 6.8

To give someone a natural talent or quality

frames the giving as a gracious act meant to honor or show courtesy
to felicitate
vsto grace someone with
  • Formal
1 9.6

To congratulate someone on a success or special occasion

involves actually presenting something politely rather than only offering congratulations

Antonyms

disgrace
148 3.7

Loss of respect or honor after doing something shameful

How Honored

to honor
  • US
722 2.3
to grace someone with
20 6.7
to bestow
  • Formal
74 5.6
to present
  • Formal
225 2.7
to give
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

grace someone with infinitive
graced someone with past
graced someone with past participle
gracing someone with present participle
graces someone with third person singular

Morphology

grace + someone + with

The meaning follows directly from 'grace' (to honor or adorn) + 'someone' with a thing indicated by 'with', so 'grace someone with X' transparently means to bestow or honor someone by giving X. This is a straightforward verb + recipient + with pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

The phrase grace someone with paints a picture of one person giving a special favor called grace to another, as if offering a gift. That's why it now means 'to honor someone by giving or offering something'.