grateful

adj

1. Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

   “I’m grateful that you helped me out.”

   “I cannot giue thee leſſe to be cal'd gratefull: / Thou thoughtſt to helpe me, and ſuch thankes I giue, / As one neere death to thoſe that vviſh him liue: […]”

   “They ſat them dovvn, and after no more toil / Of thir ſvveet Gardning labour then ſuffic'd / To recommend coole Zephyr, and made eaſe / More eaſie, vvholſom thirſt and appetite / More grateful, to thir Supper Fruits they fell, / Nectarine Fruits vvhich the compliant boughes / Yeilded them, ſide-long as they ſat recline / On the ſoft dovvnie Bank damaskt vvith flours: […]”

   “Ye Nations, vvho the Globe divide, / Ye num'rous Nations ſcatter'd vvide, / To God your grateful Voices raiſe: […]”

   “VVhen ſhe and I vvere alone, ſhe took grateful notice of the concluding part of the third Letter; vvhere ſhe is mentioned vvith ſo much tenderneſs, and in a manner ſo vvorthy of the character of the politeſt of men, as vvel reſpecting herſelf as her Sex, […]”

2. (archaic)Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.

   “[T]his is a guift / Very gratefull, I am ſure of it, to expreſſe / The like kindneſſe my ſelfe, that haue beene / More kindely beholding to you then any: […]”

   “Chaſt, nothing better; vvanton, nothing vvorſe, / The grate-fulſt Bleſsing, or the greateſt Curſe.”

   “[T]he aſſvvagement of his [a wise man's] diſcontent conſiſts in tvvo things, formerly preſcribed as remedies againſt corporeall pain; viz. Diverſion of his thoughts from his loſſe, or the cause of it; and an application of them to thoſe things, vvhich he knovves to be gratefull and pleaſant to his mind.”

   “[page 178] The Seer, vvhile Zephyrs curl the ſvvelling deep, / Basks on the breezy ſhore, in grateful ſleep, / His oozy limbs. […] [page 180] VVith joy impetuous, to the port I ſpeed: / The vvants of nature vvith repaſt ſuffice, / 'Till night vvith grateful ſhade involv'd the skies, / And ſhed ambroſial devvs.”

   “Then in Oblivion's grateful cup I drovvn / The galling ſneer, the ſupercilious frovvn, / The ſtrange reſerve, the proud affected ſtate / Of upſtart knaves grovvn rich and fools grovvn great.”