propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
propitiable
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a word derived from
propitiate.
Example Sentences
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In that old dream-land of the Iliad such darkness is the work of a propitiable deity, and withdrawn at its pleasure; in life, it often persists obstinately.
From Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance by Walter Pater
