PROPITIATING

Verb

propitiating

present participle of propitiate

Source: Wiktionary


PROPITIATE

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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