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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

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 Stables, Gordon

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 Dods, Marcus

Brutus had propitiated the oracle by the present of a hollow stick filled with gold, and learned the symbolical meaning of this reply.

From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Gilman, Arthur

She had propitiated, ignored, eluded the more feminine amenities of fate.

From The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur by Sinclair, May