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What is the meaning of "graced their sight with its presence" in below sentence?

One night when they stood at their respective balconies looking skyward at the starry night, a shooting star graced their sight with its presence.

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It's flowery language, anthromorphising a meteor by suggesting that (like a royal personage appearing before the crowds) its appearance is graciously granting its viewers a view (with a little wave) before returning back into its private seclusion once more.

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