propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
had propitiated
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past perfectof propitiate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The king, no, not even he, could come near them, until the medicine-men had propitiated the demons that live, according to their belief, in every wood and in every ravine and gully in the island.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
Vasishtha tells the king that on a former occasion he had offended the divine cow Fragrant, and had been cursed by the cow to lack children until he had propitiated her own offspring.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
His conscience was easy, he had propitiated the Nats.
From The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery by Marjorie Douie
The Romans would not recall their legions from Africa or Germany because Judæa had propitiated them.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Marcus Dods
Perhaps he had propitiated him by a promise of more white men to play with, by and by.
From Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad
