Gra"cious (grā"shŭs), a.
[F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See Grace.]
1. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting
love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent;
merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his
most gracious majesty.
A god ready to pardon, gracious and
merciful.
Neh. ix. 17.
So hallowed and so gracious in the
time.
Shak.
2. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or
amiability; graceful; excellent.
Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . .
There was not such a gracious creature born.
Shak.
3. Produced by divine grace; influenced or
controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious
affections.
Syn. -- Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent;
benignant; merciful.
