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PROPITIATE
propitiate, appease
(verb) make peace with
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
propitiate (third-person singular simple present propitiates, present participle propitiating, simple past and past participle propitiated)
(transitive) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
Synonym: appease
(transitive) To make propitious or favourable.
(intransitive) To make propitiation.
Synonym: atone
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*pi"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propitiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Propitiating.] Etym: [L. propitiatus, p. p. of propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See Propitious.]
Definition: To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Pope.
Pro*pi"ti*ate, v. i.
Definition: To make propitiation; to atone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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