propitiate

[ pruh-pish-ee-eyt ]
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verb (used with object),pro·pi·ti·at·ed, pro·pi·ti·at·ing.
  1. to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.

Origin of propitiate

1
1635–45; <Latin propitiātus, past participle of propitiāre to appease. See propitious, -ate1

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See appease.

Opposites for propitiate

Other words from propitiate

  • pro·pi·ti·a·ble [pruh-pish-ee-uh-buhl], /prəˈpɪʃ i ə bəl/, adjective
  • pro·pi·ti·at·ing·ly, adverb
  • pro·pi·ti·a·tive, adjective
  • pro·pi·ti·a·tor, noun
  • non·pro·pi·ti·a·ble, adjective
  • non·pro·pi·ti·a·tive, adjective
  • un·pro·pi·ti·a·ble, adjective
  • un·pro·pi·ti·at·ed, adjective
  • un·pro·pi·ti·at·ing, adjective
  • un·pro·pi·ti·a·tive, adjective

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How to use propitiate in a sentence

  • You who are propitiated either by sacrifices or from the prayers of the sage, hear the call, O Maruts!

  • Then it was hoped that the Deity would be propitiated, and the plague stayed.

    The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. Brooks
  • Mrs. Jennings was easily propitiated on receiving the attention which was due to her.

    A Houseful of Girls | Sarah Tytler
  • Religion is mainly ancestor worship or vague spirit worship; ghosts are propitiated with food.

  • It was thought the divine nature of the immortal gods could not be propitiated but by human life being substituted for human life.

British Dictionary definitions for propitiate

propitiate

/ (prəˈpɪʃɪˌeɪt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to appease or make well disposed; conciliate

Origin of propitiate

1
C17: from Latin propitiāre to appease, from propitius gracious

Derived forms of propitiate

  • propitiable, adjective
  • propitiation, noun
  • propitiatious, adjective
  • propitiative, adjective
  • propitiator, noun

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