propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
propitiative
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a word derived from
propitiate.
Example Sentences
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A friendly word will bring him to my hand; but his behavior is never effusive, as it would be if he had found his rightful owner, but mildly propitiative and with a touch of sadness.
From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
The missive from Arthur was a short but complete and propitiative acknowledgment of his error and fraility.
From Bylow Hill by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
The old commodore's eyes flashed to retort, but the senator forced a propitiative smile, adding: "However, let that pass just now, here's something else."
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
"Two! two! two-to-to-two!" and with a propitiative smile on John's open anguish, Fannie, gayer in speech and readier in laughter, but not lighter in heart, let a partner waltz her away.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
