propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
propitiates
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present tense formof propitiate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Of William’s father, who propitiates a wealthy relative, we read: “he wasn’t a mercenary man, but this was his only rich unmarried aunt.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sacrifice propitiates God, but mercy imitates Him, and imitation is the perfection of divine service.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren
One of nobler birth propitiates only the spirits of his own ancestors.
From The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell
They believe that shaving the head of the dead propitiates the deities in their favour.
From Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs by Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver
Ages, empires, civilisations pass, and leave some members even of educated mankind still, in certain points, on the level of the savage who propitiates with gifts, or addresses with prayers, the spirits of the dead.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
