χαριτόω, -ῶ

(χάρις), [in LXX: Sir.18:17 (ἀνδρί κεχαριτωμένῳ; Vg. justificato; Syr. saintly) * ;]

to endow with χάρις (which see), i.e.

__1. (a) to make graceful;

__(b) to make gracious (Sir, l.with).

__2. In Hellenistic writings (for exx. see AR, Eph. 227; Lft. Notes, 315),

__(a) to cause to find favour;

__(b) to endue with grace (i.e. divine favour): Luk.1:28, Eph.1:6.†

(AS)

to endow with; to make graceful; to make gracious; to cause to find favour; to endue with grace